ANCIENT LAW.
III. Concerning the Drawing Up of Contracts, and Other Legal Documents.
All contracts and agreements, which have been properly and lawfully reduced to writing, provided they have been published for a year and a day, shall be thereafter unalterable.
ANCIENT LAW.
IV. Neither Children, nor Other Heirs, shall contest the Final Disposition of Property by their Ancestors.
It shall not be lawful for a son, or other heir, to contest the just and legitimate provisions of the will of an ancestor, because it is presumption in him who attempts to nullify the acts of his ancestors.
V. Concerning the Penalties to which those are Liable who attempt to Repudiate their Written Contracts.
He who repudiates a contract, or obligation, lawfully and properly executed, unless some more powerful person compelled him to do so by force; and afterwards, before the cause is heard, shall pay the penalty prescribed by the said contract, or obligation, then the latter shall be valid. And any contract or obligation, properly drawn up between the parties, even if it contains no penalty, shall under no circumstances, be altered or cancelled. And whatever things are set out in writing in contracts or obligations, shall be perfectly valid; and especially if a party has drawn them up himself, and they have reference to any indebtedness incurred by him.
FLAVIUS CHINTASVINTUS, KING.
VI. Contracts and Agreements made by Slaves are Invalid, unless Ordered by their Masters.