Superstition and Force / Essays on the Wager of Law, the Wager of Battle, the Ordeal, Torture

by Henry Charles Lea

[1423] Const. 10 Cod. IX. xli. (Dioclet. et Maxim.).

[1424] Tacit. Annal. II. 30. See also III. 67. Somewhat similar in spirit was his characteristic device for eluding the law which prohibited the execution of virgins (Sueton. Tiber. lxi.).

[1425] This principle is embodied in innumerable laws. It is sufficient to refer to Constt. 6 § 2, 7 § 1, 8 § 1, Cod. IX. viii.

[1426] L. 18 § 6, Dig. XLVIII. xviii. (Paulus).

[1427] L. 1 § 19, Dig. XLVIII. xviii. (Ulpian.).

[1428] Const. 1 Cod. IX. xli. (Sever et Antonin.).

[1429] Constt. 3, 32 Cod. IX. ix.—L. 17, XLVIII. xviii. (Papin.).

[1430] L. 5 Dig. XLVIII. xviii. (Marcian.).

[1431] Fl. Vopisc. Tacit. cap. IX.

[1432] Du Boys, Hist. du Droit Crim. des Peup. Anciens. pp. 297, 331, 332.