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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.8.13.pr

Liability to Pay Interest for Retaining Public Funds

Passage 8767 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

An imperial rescript stating that anyone who retained public money during and after their magistracy must pay interest unless they can allege a valid reason for the delay.

[IDEM libro eodem. ] §50.8.13.prImperatores Antoninus et Uerus rescripserunt eum, qui pecuniam publicam magistratus sui tempore et post non pauco tempore detinuerat, usuras etiam praestare debere, nisi si quid adlegare possit, qua ex causa tardius intulisset.
[The same, in the same book.] The Emperors Antoninus and Verus replied in a rescript that a person who had retained public money during his magistracy and for a not inconsiderable time afterwards ought to pay interest as well, unless he can allege some reason why he paid it in so late.

Notes

  1. §50.8.13.prpost non pauco tempore — Meaning "and for a not inconsiderable time afterwards". The preposition `post` is used adverbially, and `non pauco tempore` (ablative, "a not small amount of time") expresses the duration of time.
  2. §50.8.13.prqua ex causa tardius intulisset — An indirect question clause explaining the content of `adlegare` (to allege) or specified by `quid`. The verb `intulisset` (subjunctive pluperfect of `inferre`, "to pay in") is in the pluperfect to match the past tense of the main verb `rescripserunt`.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.8.13.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.8.13.pr

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