pontium reparatio

The reparation of bridges. This was a part of the trinoda necessitas which was an obligation falling on all freemen or at least on all free householders and to which their estates were subject, whatever other immunities they might enjoy. No rank or dignity could exempt a man from the service of rendering aid in the construction and repair of bridges and highways. Butler v Perry, 240 US 328, 60 L Ed 672, 36 S Ct 258.