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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §22.1.44.pr

Penalty in Place of Interest Limited by Legal Rate

Passage 3204 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

A provision stating that no one can stipulate for a penalty in place of interest that exceeds the legal limit allowed for interest.

[IDEM libro decimo pandectarum. ] §22.1.44.prPoenam pro usuris stipulari nemo supra modum usurarum licitum potest.
[THE SAME, in the tenth book of the Pandects.] No one can stipulate for a penalty in place of interest beyond the legal limit of interest.

Notes

  1. §22.1.44.prpoenam pro usuris — The preposition pro here means "in place of" or "as a substitute for." It refers to the practice of stipulating a penalty instead of interest to circumvent rate limits.
  2. §22.1.44.prsupra modum usurarum licitum — The adjective licitum (accusative, singular, masculine) modifies modum. The genitive usurarum depends on modum, meaning "beyond the permitted limit of interest."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §22.1.44.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:22.1.44.pr

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