THE
VISIGOTHIC CODE
(FORUM JUDICUM)
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.
TO
MY FELLOW MEMBERS
OF THE COMPARATIVE LAW BUREAU
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