Citations:Neidbau


 * 1903, Frederick Parker Walton, Historical Introduction to the Roman Law, page 210:
 * So a wall built merely to block a neighbour's view — a neidbau, to use the convenient German term, is not a lawful exercise of property. Obviously such a rule can only be safely applied with great caution. Proof of motive is always difficult.


 * 1999, Jon Elster, Alchemies of the Mind: Rationality and the Emotions ISBN 0521644879, page 177:
 * Early German law had statutes forbidding "envious building" (Neidbau), defined as "when a prospective building is planned clearly to the detriment of a neighbour and without pressing need, or where such building has little or no purpose, ...