INDEX.

Abortion, by drugs, [206];
on a freeborn woman, [206];
on a slave, [207];
penalty for, [208];
on a beast of burden, [286].
Accessories, to rape, punishment of, [93];
to homicide, [223];
to theft, [240].
Accusation of crime, penalty for false, [200].
Adulterer, if killed, not criminal homicide, [96].
Adultery, of freeborn woman with slave, [83];
committed with connivance of husband, [95];
of a betrothed, [95];
of a wife, [96];
where a girl guilty of, is killed, [96];
parties guilty of, cannot be legally killed by slaves, [97];
when a freeborn woman commits, [97];
property of persons who have committed, how disposed of, [99];
who may bring accusation of, [100];
proof of, [101];
sons may prosecute, [100];
where one is convicted of, with virgin or widow, [101];
with female slave, [102].
Advocate, must have written authority from client, [48].
Animals, hired to another, [171];
loaned, [172];
when secretly killed, [246];
where loosed in crops, [279];
when loaned, and abused, [285];
where injure another, owner liable, [286];
where used for the threshing of grain, [287];
where a vicious, kills anyone, [289];
where one retains a vicious, [290];
cannot be excluded from open pastures, [295].
Answer, a defendant cannot refuse to, because plaintiff had not presented claim, [38].
Arrest, governor of city must aid judge in, [250].
Arson, in and out of city, [271–272];
of forests, [272].
Assault and battery, [215];
by a slave, [217];
where bloodshed results, [264].
Attorney, must conduct case rapidly, [50];
who may be appointed, by powerful persons, and the poor, [52];
employment of, by the royal treasury, [52].

Bailiffs, compensation of, [32];
entitled to horse for journey, [33].
Bailments, [171–172–173–174].
Bees, where cause damage, [303];
where a person finds, [303];
theft of, [303].
Bells, when stolen from cattle, [241].
Betrothal, girl cannot marry another, [76].
Bishops, power of, to restrain judges, [35];
cannot conduct cases in court, [47];
right to one third of revenues for repairs, [146];
arbitrary conduct of, [147];
abuses of, which guilty, [148];
punishment of, [155];
must give subordinates information, [149].
Bond, exacted by judge after unjust decree, void, [34].
Boundaries, disputes concerning, [348];
where change made in time of Romans, [350].
Brothers, have right to dispose of sisters in marriage, when, [76].

Castration, when performed on animal, [285].
Cause of action, when arising in another district, [42].
Causes, not authorized by law, not to be heard, [22];
where determined, cannot be revived, [23];
cannot be heard by anyone not invested with judicial authority, [23].
Cattle, where shut up when have not done injury, [287].
Child, shall remain under control of father, [123];
shall receive inheritance at twenty years of age, [124];
how it may inherit, [127];
must be baptized before ten days old, [128];
posthumous, [127];
who acquires property during life of parents, [142].
Christian, a, shall not protect a Jew, [374];
judaizing, [376].
Christian slaves, sold or liberated by Jews, [369];
shall not attach themselves to Jews, [371];
shall not serve Jews, [392].
Church, donations to, [143];
preservation of property of, [144];
sales of property of, [144];
property in charge of those devoted to the service of, [145];
repairs of, [145].
Clothing, injuries to, [291].
Compromise, cannot be made without consent of court, [40].
Conflagration, when result of campfire, [273].
Consanguinity, degrees of, [117–118–119].
Constituent, responsible for attorney, must pay his fees, [51].
Contracts, how drawn up to be valid, [65];
penalties for repudiating, [65];
invalid if made by slaves, [65];
if dishonorable, void, [66];
party not liable when fraudulent, [66];
void where made under duress, [66].
Corpse, when removed from a grave, penalty for, [356].
Counterfeiting, slaves may be tortured to convict masters of, [261];
of solidi, [261].
Court must not be disturbed by tumult, [38];
contempt of, [250].
Criminal, when released by a judge, [252].

Debt of deceased person, how collected, [180].
Debtor, a, cannot be removed from a church, [332].
Decalvatio, penalty of, [44].
Decree, if unjust, or promoted by fear, is invalid, [34].
Deputies, their power, [23].
Deserters, punishment of, [327].
Disinheritance, of children, [137];
not permitted except for grave causes, [138].
Divorce, cause and conditions of, [113];
only valid in case of fornication, [114];
disposal of property after, [114];
cannot exist between betrothed persons, [116].
Documents, fraudulently dated, [257];
penalty for, [258].
Documents, validity of, [64];
witness must know contents of, [64];
proof of and penalties prescribed by, [70].
Dog, when irritated and kills anyone, [291];
vicious, must be killed, [291].
Donations, extorted by force, void, [152].
Dowry, what it shall consist of, [79];
father shall exact and keep it, [79];
more cannot be required than the legal amount, [80];
when reduced to writing, items of, shall not be contested, [82];
what part a woman may bequeath, [139].

Evidence, must be oral when possible, [57].
Exchange, has same validity as purchase, [160].

False imprisonment, penalty for, [265].
Fences, when cut down or burned, penalty for, [277].
Festivals, to be observed like Sunday, [21].
Fictitious name, penalty for adopting, [256].
Fields, uninclosed, where traversed by animals, [294].
Flocks, where meadow injured by, [279].
Forcible entry, [210];
where death results, [210];
penalty, [210].
Forests, undivided between Goths and Romans, [337].
Forging, of royal orders, [253];
of documents, [216];
penalty for, [261–262].
Fornication, punishment of, [103].
Foundlings, rights of, [135];
compensation for support of, and penalty for casting away of, [135–136].
Fraud, where committed in a sale, [161].
Freedman, where claimed as a slave, [184];
where a, injures his former master, [185];
cannot testify, [186];
disposition of property of, [186];
cannot marry in family of patron, [189];
how a royal, shall defend king, [190];
if injures former master, [191].
Freedom, how revoked, [185].
Freeman, a, shall not refuse to answer a slave in court, [45];
where a, marries a slave, [84];
where a, allows himself to be sold, [162].
Freewoman, where a, marries without the consent of her parents, [87].
Fruits, where destroyed by animals, [279].
Fugitive, when released by anyone, [306];
slave must be produced before the judge, [307];
where are ignorantly received, [307];
where a slave directs, [309];
investigation of, [312];
where found in a house, [313];
reward for arrest of, [313];
where marries freeborn woman, [314].

Garden, when destroyed, penalty, [275].
Gifts, bestowed upon one another by husband and wife, [155].
Goths and Romans, may intermarry, [76].
Guardian, who may be, [132];
duties of, [132–133];
no right to exact instruments in writing from wards, [133];
must render an account, [134].

Handwriting, comparison of, when necessary, [69].
Heirs of attorney, entitled to his fees, [51];
shall not contest wills of ancestors, [65];
collateral, how inherit, [121];
where they have different parents, [141];
one may act for all in suit, [335].
Heresies, renunciation of, [364].
Heretics, eradication of errors of, [362].
Highways, obstruction of, [293];
space preserved along, [293].
Hogs, when pastured, [298];
fed on acorns under contract, [299];
when wandering in woodland, [300].
Homicide, where committed ignorantly, [218];
where committed on a third party, [219];
where happens in sport, [220];
while inflicting punishment, [221];
by a slave, [221];
by a master, [222];
who may accuse of, [226];
of those related by blood, [229].
Horse, where loosed and injured, [284];
where mane or tail cut off, [285].
House, a, cannot be entered in absence of master, [267].
Husband, adulteress given up to, [114];
ownership of property accumulated by, with wife, [126].

Incest, what constitutes, [106];
with mother and sister-in-law, [111];
with concubine, [114].
Informers, how may accuse, [233];
penalty for false accusation, [234];
guilty knowledge of, [234];
compensation of, [235].
Inheritance, equal rights of brothers and sisters in, [121];
of intestate, [121];
of children not of same parents, [122];
of grandparents, [122];
of husband and wife, [123];
from clerks and monks, [123].
Interest, what may be legally asked, [175].
Intestate, where parents die, [129].

Jailer, corruption of, [251];
compensation of, [251].
Jews, extirpation of errors of, [366];
shall not celebrate Passover, [367];
shall not contract marriage, [367];
shall not practise circumcision, [367];
shall not distinguish food, [367];
shall not torture a Christian, [368];
penalties for offences of, [369];
memorial of, [375];
perfidy of, [377];
shall not avoid baptism, [385];
shall not keep the Sabbath, [386];
confession of, [395];
oath of, [397];
shall not oppress Christians, [401];
assemblies of, shall visit bishop, [404];
penalties for not enforcing laws against, [406];
must have copy of this book, [408].
Journey, when an innocent party is compelled to make a, [42].
Judges, shall have civil and criminal jurisdiction, [24];
penalty for refusing to hear a litigant, [27];
time they shall hold court, [28];
penalty for unjust decision, [28];
where needless costs are imposed, [29];
what they should be familiar with, [29];
where integrity is suspected, [30];
how judgment should be rendered by, [31];
emoluments of, [32];
all invested with judicial authority shall bear title, [33];
must give reason for decision if required, [35];
punishment of, when guilty of misconduct, [36];
improper conduct of, how punished, [214];
must display moderation, [359].
Justifiable homicide, when robber killed, [270].

Kidnapping, of slaves, [247];
of children, [248];
of freeborn persons, [249].
King, his business first considered in the courts, [13];
how documents in name of, should be drawn up, [14];
can only dispose of his private property, [16];
should practise mercy, [201].

Land, division of, between Goths and Romans, [337].
Landlord, dispute with, concerning lease, [339].
Landmarks, how preserved, [348];
penalty for destruction of, [348].
Law, what it is, [5];
its action, [5];
why made, [6];
when amended, at what time in force, [11];
all persons subject to, [12];
no one can allege ignorance of, [13];
penalty for criticizing, [16];
of foreign nations forbidden, [20].
Lawmaker, his method, [1];
duties, [2–3–4].
Leases, lands held under, must be restored, [338];
where a greater area of land cultivated than granted under, [338].
Lèse majesté, [19].
Lex Talionis, its provisions, [215].
Limitation, Statute of, [91–344];
claim for property cannot be asserted after fifty years, [343];
fugitive slave free after fifty years, [343];
suit cannot be brought after thirty years, [343];
runs in all cases except where slaves of the Crown are concerned, [344];
does not run while party is absent, [346].
Litigant, may be chosen to act for others, [39];
must declare for whom he acts, [48].

Marriage, must be accompanied by a dowry, [75];
father has right to dispose of children in, and mother, if he is dead, [81];
when unlawful, [83];
penalty for, [83];
with holy virgins or widows, incestuous, [107].
Master, where one marries a slave to a freewoman, [86];
may claim property of slave who is sold, [165];
responsible for illegal acts, [264].
Mayhem, what constitutes, penalty for, [225].
Merchant, foreign, where a, sells stolen property, [357];
shall be judged by his own magistrates, [357];
where a, carries away a hired person, [358];
where a, takes away a slave for trade, [358].
Mills and ponds, damage to, [296].
Minors, at what age can testify, [62];
cannot make contracts, [66];
definition of, [131];
suit against, [131].
Money, stolen from the king, [241].
Mother, entitled to share estate with children, [125].
Murder, of freeman, [222].

Nuptial contract, cannot be rescinded when a gift is made, [77].

Officer, where corrupted, permits soldiers to depart, [320];
where an, deserts, [321];
where an, returns home, [322];
where an, receives a bribe, [323].
Officials must not subject persons to unnecessary expense, [360].
Oppression in litigation, by parties in power, [52].
Orchards, enclosure of, [278].
Ordeal of hot water, how applied, [37].
Ox, where used without consent of owner, [287].

Pardon, persons who have received, exempt from punishment, [18].
Parents, where rescue daughter from ravisher, [89];
where consent to rape, [90];
how inherit from children, [128];
what property, may bestow upon children at marriage, [140];
cannot sell or give away children, [163];
right to dispose of property where no children, [130].
Parricides, punishment of, [228];
distribution of property of, [228].
Parties, where they cause unnecessary delay, [33];
both may be compelled to be present in court, [41].
Partition, when made, remains in force forever, [334];
if made between brothers, may be revoked, [334];
wishes of majority rule in, [334];
among relatives of slaves, [340].
Patrons, gifts of, [158];
property acquired through, [158].
Perjury, effects of, [58];
penalty for, [58–59–60];
crime of and penalty, [230].
Personal property must all be classed under one title, [341].
Physician, cannot bleed a woman except her relatives are present, [353];
shall not visit prisoners, [354];
where treats disease under contracts, [354];
compensation from student due to, [355];
cannot be imprisoned without a hearing, [355].
Pledges, when stolen, [177];
given as security for debt, [177];
where not restored, [178].
Poison, penalty for administering, [204].
Princes, cannot conduct their own cases in court, [47].
Property, illegally taken for a debt, [43];
of persons convicted of incest, [109];
given to husband or wife by king, [152];
given to wife in addition to dowry, [153];
given verbally, or in writing, [154];
cannot be seized, except under legal process, [266];
which may not be alienated, [167];
where transferred while in litigation, [169];
loaned and destroyed by fire, [172];
where lost at sea, [173];
entrusted to a slave, [174];
reparation for, when injured or destroyed, [243].

Question, how may be inflicted, [194].

Rape, [91];
of a freewoman, [88];
where brothers consent to, [90];
of betrothed woman, [90];
must be prosecuted within thirty years, [91];
by a slave, [92].
Ravisher, where killed, not criminal homicide, [91].
Relatives, cannot testify against a stranger, [62].
Rent, where tenant does not pay, [341].
Rescue of criminals, [244];
of cattle seized in crops, [280].
Retaliation, law of, [211];
amount due in lieu thereof, [212–213].
River, right to enclose, where bank cultivated, [295].
Robbers, where concealed by freeman or slaves, [316].
Robbery, accessories before the fact, [267];
committed while on an expedition, [267].
Royal order, penalty for contempt of, [36].

Sale, void if made under compulsion, [160];
where price not paid after earnest money given, [160];
where part of price paid, [161].
Sanctuary, where a homicide takes, [227];
one claiming, cannot be rescued by force, [331];
may be killed if resists with arms, [331].
Scandal, public, what course to be pursued in, [324].
Seduction, penalty for, [93].
Self defence, where assault committed, [215].
Sentence of court must be public, [252].
Shipwreck, property rescued from, [243].
Slave, not worthy of credit, [61];
when allowed to testify, [61];
when given in marriage to another, [85];
may be tortured to reveal adultery, [98];
may not be liberated to conceal adultery, [98];
of Church, if emancipated cannot marry a freeborn person, [150];
penalty for, [151];
free after thirty years, [347];
sales by, void, [164];
where accuses former master of crime, [165];
may not be redeemed with his own property, [166];
where transferred for crime, [167];
where captured and sold by an enemy, [169];
how liberated, [181];
where has several masters, consent of all must be had, [182];
how may be returned to slavery, [183];
liberation of royal, [188];
if a criminal, may be demanded, [193];
where a, insults a freeborn person, [216].
Sodomy, penalty for, [111].
Soil, fruits of, what may be demanded, [175].
Solidus, no one may refuse to accept a, of legal weight, [262].
Soothsayers, penalty for consulting, [203].
Stolen property, when bought ignorantly, [240];
knowingly, [241];
he in possession of, must name thief, [269].
Strays, when found, must be taken up and appraised, [281];
where leave before driven out, [282];
if mutilated, penalty for, [282];
notice must be given, how, [301];
care of, [301];
must not be sheared or branded, [301].
Streams, right to enclose, [295].
Subornation of perjury, penalty for, [62].
Summons, penalty for refusal to obey, [25];
time within which must be obeyed, [26].
Sunday, no litigation lawful on, [21].

Tenant, must pay rent for land sublet, [339].
Testator, cannot dispose of same property in two different ways, [72].
Testimony, must be furnished by both parties, [41].
Theft, when committed by a slave, [238];
by a freeman and slave, [239];
by a master with his slave, [239];
of mill machinery, [242].
Thief, how punished, [242];
where killed, not homicide, [243];
where killed at night, [243];
heirs of, [244];
when to be brought before the judge, [245].
Tombs, penalty for injury of, [356].
Tonsure, punishment of those who illegally assume, [108].
Torture, shall not be inflicted upon persons of noble birth, [49];
for what, and how inflicted, [194];
penalty for, if accused innocent, [194];
how slaves tortured, [196].
Traps for wild beasts, neighbors must be informed of, [292].
Traveler, where deprived of liberty, penalty for, [214].
Treason, penalty for, [17].
Trees, compensation for cutting down, [274];
where injury results from cutting, [275].
Trespass, vi et armis, penalty for, [264].
Trespasser, where one falls into a trap set for wild animals, [292].

Vendor, if not of good character, must give security, [160].
Vineyards, where injured, penalty for, [276];
where planted on land of co-heirs, [336];
on land where no title, [336].

Wards, when of legal age, [134].
Water, theft of, [296].
Widows, guilty of fraud, [109].
Wife, no right to earnings of slave under husband, [126].
Wills, how drawn up and executed, [67];
must be published within six months, [68];
how proved when made on a journey, [68];
must be published in the presence of a priest or a witness, [69];
how genuineness established, [71];
invalid if executed under duress, [72];
who are entitled to custody of, [176];
alteration of, [256];
forging of, [256];
nuncupative, [67];
holographic, [70].
Witchcraft, how punished, [204];
where employed against property, [205].
Witness, who may not be, [54];
must be sworn, [54];
where contradicted by documentary evidence, [54];
impeachment of, [59];
must sign or seal will, [67];
penalty for neglect, [68];
cannot testify to what is not in a will, [72].
Women, may conduct their own cases in court, [50];
cannot appoint an attorney, [50];
advanced in years cannot marry young men, [77–78];
where they marry slaves, [83–84–85];
must not marry within year of husband’s death, [83];
where, marry again in absence of husband, [86];
of bad character, [102];
entitled to share of entire estate, [123].

The End.