TABLE II. TRIAL
1. The legal action of solemn deposit (sacramenti actio) [demands that each litigant shall wager either 500 asses or 50 asses]: 500 asses for solemn deposit (sacramentum) when the subject of the dispute [is valued at] 1,000 asses or more, 50 asses when [estimated at] less [than 1,000 asses]. [But] if the controversy concerns the liberty of a human being [, however valuable may be the person], the solemn deposit (sacramentum) [shall be] 50 asses.
2. A dangerous disease or a day appointed [for the hearing of a case] with an alien [, when the latter is a party] … If any of these (circumstances) be an impediment for judge (index)[8] or arbitrator (arbiter)[9] or party (reus),[10] on this account the day of trial shall be deferred.
3. Whoever shall have need of evidence, he shall go on every third day[11] to cry[12] before the doorway [of the witness's house].