The Visigothic code
TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL LATIN, AND EDITED BY
S. P. SCOTT
Author of “Through Spain” “History of the Moorish Empire in Europe” Member of the Comparative Law Bureau of the American Bar Association
Lex est magistra vitæ
I-II-2
BOSTON THE BOSTON BOOK COMPANY 1910
Copyright 1910
BY THE COMPARATIVE LAW BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
The Riverdale Press, Brookline, Boston, Mass.
MY FELLOW MEMBERS
OF THE COMPARATIVE LAW BUREAU
IN THE HOPE THAT IT MAY PROVE AN ACCEPTABLE CONTRIBUTION
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EDITOR’S PREFACE
CONTENTS.
TITLE I. THE LAWMAKER.
TITLE II. THE LAW.
TITLE I. CONCERNING JUDGES AND MATTERS TO BE DECIDED IN COURT.
TITLE II. CONCERNING CAUSES.
TITLE III. CONCERNING COMMISSIONERS AND COMMISSIONS.
TITLE IV. CONCERNING WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE.
TITLE V. CONCERNING VALID AND INVALID DOCUMENTS; AND HOW WILLS SHOULD BE DRAWN UP.
TITLE I. CONCERNING NUPTIAL CONTRACTS.
TITLE II. CONCERNING UNLAWFUL MARRIAGES.
TITLE III. CONCERNING THE RAPE OF VIRGINS, OR WIDOWS.
TITLE IV. CONCERNING ADULTERY.
TITLE V. CONCERNING INCEST, APOSTASY AND PEDERASTY.
TITLE VI.—CONCERNING DIVORCE, AND THE SEPARATION OF PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN BETROTHED.
TITLE I. CONCERNING THE DEGREES OF RELATIONSHIP.
TITLE II. CONCERNING THE LAWS OF INHERITANCE.
TITLE III. CONCERNING WARDS AND THEIR GUARDIANS.
TITLE IV.—CONCERNING FOUNDLINGS.
TITLE V. CONCERNING SUCH PROPERTY AS IS VESTED BY THE LAWS OF NATURE.
TITLE I. ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS.
TITLE II. CONCERNING DONATIONS IN GENERAL.
TITLE III. CONCERNING THE GIFTS OF PATRONS.
TITLE IV. CONCERNING EXCHANGES AND SALES.
TITLE V. CONCERNING PROPERTY COMMITTED TO THE CHARGE OF, OR LOANED TO, ANOTHER
TITLE VI. CONCERNING PLEDGES AND DEBTS.
TITLE VII. CONCERNING THE LIBERATION OF SLAVES, AND FREEDMEN.
TITLE I. CONCERNING THE ACCUSERS OF CRIMINALS.
TITLE II. CONCERNING MALEFACTORS AND THEIR ADVISERS, AND POISONERS.
TITLE III. CONCERNING ABORTION.
TITLE IV. CONCERNING INJURIES, WOUNDS, AND MUTILATIONS INFLICTED UPON MEN.
TITLE V. CONCERNING HOMICIDE.
TITLE I. CONCERNING INFORMERS OF THEFT.
TITLE II. CONCERNING THIEVES AND STOLEN PROPERTY.
TITLE III. CONCERNING APPROPRIATORS AND KIDNAPPERS OF SLAVES.
TITLE IV. CONCERNING THE CUSTODY AND SENTENCE OF CONDEMNED PERSONS.
TITLE V. CONCERNING FORGERS OF DOCUMENTS.
TITLE VI. CONCERNING COUNTERFEITERS OF METALS.
TITLE I. CONCERNING ATTACKS, AND PLUNDER OF PROPERTY.
TITLE II. CONCERNING ARSON AND INCENDIARIES.
TITLE III. CONCERNING INJURIES TO TREES, GARDENS, OR GROWING CROPS OF ANY DESCRIPTION.
TITLE IV. CONCERNING INJURIES TO ANIMALS, AND OTHER PROPERTY.
TITLE V. CONCERNING THE PASTURAGE OF HOGS, AND CONCERNING STRAYS.
TITLE VI. CONCERNING BEES, AND THE DAMAGE THEY CAUSE.
TITLE I. CONCERNING FUGITIVES, AND THOSE WHO CONCEAL, AND ASSIST THEM IN THEIR FLIGHT.
TITLE II. CONCERNING THOSE WHO REFUSE TO GO TO WAR, AND DESERTERS.
TITLE III. CONCERNING THOSE WHO SEEK SANCTUARY IN A CHURCH.
TITLE I. CONCERNING PARTITION, AND LANDS CONVEYED BY CONTRACT.
TITLE II. CONCERNING THE LIMITATIONS OF FIFTY AND THIRTY YEARS.
TITLE III. CONCERNING BOUNDARIES AND LANDMARKS.
TITLE I. CONCERNING PHYSICIANS AND SICK PERSONS.
TITLE II. CONCERNING THOSE WHO DISTURB SEPULCHRES.
TITLE III. CONCERNING MERCHANTS WHO COME FROM BEYOND SEAS.
TITLE I. CONCERNING THE EXERCISE OF MODERATION IN JUDICIAL DECISIONS, AND THE AVOIDING OF OPPRESSION BY THOSE INVESTED WITH AUTHORITY.
TITLE II. CONCERNING THE ERADICATION OF THE ERRORS OF ALL HERETICS AND JEWS.
TITLE III. CONCERNING NEW LAWS AGAINST THE JEWS, IN WHICH OLD ONES ARE CONFIRMED, AND NEW ONES ARE ADDED.
INDEX.
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