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Centena

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

See Hundred. CENTESIMA (Lat. centum). In Roman Law. The hundredth part.

Usurice centesimce

Twelve per cent, per annum; that, is, a hundredth part of the principal was due each month, — the month being the unit of time for which the Romans reckoned interest.

2 Bla. Com. 462, n.