Latin: In civil and old English law. To make or build a house; to erect a building. Dig. 45, 1, 75, 7. Xdincare in tuo proprio solo non licet quod alteri noceat. 3 Inst 201. To build upon your own land what may injure another is not lawful. A proprietor of land has no right to erect an edifice on his own ground, interfering with the due enjoyment of adjoining premises, as by overhanging them, or by throwing water from the roof and eaves upon them, or by obstructing ancient lights and windows. Broom, Max. 369. JEdificatum solo solo cedit. What is built upon land belongs to or goes with land. Broom, Max. 172; Co. Litt. 4a. JEdificia solo cedunt. Buildings belong to [go with] the soil. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 2,
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