[PAULUS libro singulari regularum. ] §22.1.30.prEtiam ex nudo pacto debentur ciuitatibus usurae creditarum ab eis pecuniarum.
[PAULUS, from his single book of Rules.] Even from an informal agreement, interest is owed to cities on money lent by them.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §22.1.30.pr
Privilege of Cities to Claim Interest by Mere Pact
Summary
Paulus states that when cities lend money, they possess the privilege of claiming interest based on a mere informal agreement, without the need for a formal stipulation.
Notes
- §22.1.30.prex nudo pacto — In Roman law, an informal agreement (nudum pactum) generally does not give rise to an action, but here it is shown that cities (civitates) enjoy a privilege whereby interest on loans is owed even on the basis of a mere informal agreement, without the need for a formal stipulation (stipulatio).
- §22.1.30.prcreditarum ab eis pecuniarum — pecuniarum (genitive plural) is a limiting genitive modifying usurae (nominative plural). creditarum is a perfect passive participle modifying pecuniarum, and eis in the ablative phrase of agent ab eis refers to the plural dative ciuitatibus.
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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §22.1.30.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:22.1.30.pr
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