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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §22.1.7.pr

Cessation of Interest by Deposit and Its Resumption

Passage 3167 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

If a debtor seals and deposits the money after the creditor refuses to accept it, interest ceases to accrue; however, if the debtor later falls into default after being sued for payment, the money will cease to be interest-free.

[IDEM libro secundo responsorum. ] §22.1.7.prDebitor usurarius creditori pecuniam optulit et eam, cum accipere noluisset, obsignauit ac deposuit: ex eo die ratio non habebitur usurarum.
[THE SAME, Opinions, Book 2] An interest-bearing debtor offered money to the creditor, and when the latter refused to accept it, the debtor sealed and deposited it: from that day, no account of interest shall be taken.
quod si postea conuentus ut solueret moram fecerit, nummi steriles ex eo tempore non erunt.
But if, afterwards having been sued to pay, he should be in default, the money will not be sterile from that time.

Notes

  1. §22.1.7.prquod si — The word 'quod' at the beginning of the clause combines with 'si' to introduce an adversative or transitional conditional clause ("but if").
  2. §22.1.7.prconuentus ut solueret — 'conuentus' is the perfect passive participle of 'conuenire' (to summon, sue), agreeing in the nominative masculine singular with the subject 'debitor'. 'ut solueret' is a subjunctive clause of purpose ("in order that he should pay").
  3. §22.1.7.prnummi steriles ... non erunt — 'steriles' (sterile, barren) is a metaphorical expression referring to money ('nummi') that does not produce interest (which is legally treated like fruits). Combined with 'non erunt' (will not be), this double negation means that interest will start to accrue again from the time of default.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §22.1.7.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:22.1.7.pr

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