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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §22.1.31.pr

Invalidity of Indefinite Interest in Stipulation

Passage 3191 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that an indefinite agreement on interest in a stipulation has no effect if a specific rate is not specified.

[ULPIANUS libro primo responsorum. ] §22.1.31.prQuod in stipulatione sic adiectum est: 'et usuras, si quae competierint', nullius esse momenti, si modus certus non adiciatur.
What has been added to a stipulation in this way: 'and interest, if any should accrue', is of no validity, if a specific rate is not added.

Notes

  1. §22.1.31.prQuod ... adiectum est — The clause introduced by the relative pronoun quod (neuter singular) functions as the subject (accusative) of esse in the accusative-with-infinitive (A.C.I.) construction.
  2. §22.1.31.prnullius esse momenti — The genitive of quality nullius momenti (of no importance/force) functions predicatively with the infinitive esse. The entire fragment is in the accusative-with-infinitive (A.C.I.) construction because it is quoted from a jurist's response.
  3. §22.1.31.prmodus certus — modus here refers to the 'rate' of interest (modus usurarum), modified by the adjective certus (specific, fixed).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §22.1.31.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:22.1.31.pr

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