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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §22.1.35.pr

Accrual of Interest from Joinder of Issue

Passage 3195 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that interest begins to accrue from the moment issue is joined in a lawsuit (litis contestatio).

[PAULUS libro quinquagensimo septimo ad edictum. ] §22.1.35.prLite contestata usurae currunt.
[PAULUS libro quinquagensimo septimo ad edictum.] Once issue is joined in a lawsuit, interest runs.

Notes

  1. §22.1.35.prLite contestata — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the noun lis (lawsuit) and the perfect passive participle of contestari. It denotes the establishment of the "joinder of issue" (litis contestatio) in Roman civil procedure, which acts as the critical moment from which interest legally begins to run.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §22.1.35.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:22.1.35.pr

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