ANCIENT LAW.
IV. Where an Adulterer, along with an Adulteress, is Killed.
If the husband, or the man who was betrothed to the woman, should kill the adulterer along with the adulteress, it shall not be considered criminal homicide.
FLAVIUS RECESVINTUS, KING.
V. Where her Father, or her Relatives, Kill a Girl who has been Guilty of Adultery in their House.
If a father should kill his daughter, while she is in the act of committing adultery in his own house, he shall be liable to no penalty or reproach. But if he should wish to spare her life, he shall have full power to dispose of her and the adulterer, according to his will. Likewise, her brothers or her uncles, after the death of her father, shall have the same power.
ANCIENT LAW.
VI. It is not Lawful for Slaves to put Persons to Death who are taken in Adultery.
While parents have the undoubted right to kill adulterers caught in their houses, slaves have no such authority. But if slaves should discover them, they may keep them in honorable custody, until they can be delivered over to the master of the house, or to the judge; and, after having been found guilty by reliable evidence, the legal penalty shall be inflicted upon them.
ANCIENT LAW.