First, sad (sad beginning of the month)

In old documents the first of the month
(TRISTES KALENDAE), on which the respective interest payments were due; in the case of loans to private households, the interest was always due monthly. Those who did not pay had to reckon with very harsh consequences. Roman law permitted not only child pledges and mortuary pledges but also the beheading of the debtor. – See Arrestgeld, Einzug, Existenzminimum, Faustpfand, Kredithai, Geldeintreibung, Kunde, fauler, Leibbürge, Leichenpfand, Übersatz, Wucher.

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