The Visigothic Code: (Forum judicum)

ed. S. P. Scott

Title I: Concerning the Exercise of Moderation in Judicial Decisions, and the Avoiding of Oppression by Those Invested with Authority

Law I: Concerning the Admonition of the King, by which Judges are Ordered to Display Moderation in the Administration of Justice.
Law II: No Official, Invested with Power Over the People and Supervision Over their Acts, shall Subject them to Unnecessary Expense, or Other Impositions.

Title II: Concerning the Eradication of the Errors of all Heretics and Jews

Law I: Laws Having Been Given to True Believers, it is Now Necessary to Place Restraints upon Infidels.
Law II: Concerning the Renunciation of the Errors of all Heresies.
Law III: Concerning the Laws Promulgated on Account of the Wickedness of the Jews.
Law IV: Concerning the Extirpation of the Errors of the Jews in General.
Law V: Jews shall not Celebrate the Passover According to their Custom.
Law VI: Jews shall not Contract Marriage According to their Custom.
Law VII: Jews shall not Perform the Rite of Circumcision.
Law VIII: Jews shall not Divide their Food into Clean and Unclean According to their Custom.
Law IX: No Jew shall Subject a Christian to Torture.
Law X: No Jew shall Testify Against a Christian; and Under what Circumstances the Descendants of Jews may Testify.
Law XI: No Jew shall Circumcise a Christian Slave.
Law XII: Concerning the Penalties to be Inflicted for Offences Committed by Jews.
Law XIII: Concerning Christian Slaves who are Known to have been Sold or Liberated by Jews.
Law XIV: Under no Circumstances shall Christian Slaves Attach themselves to Jews, or be Admitted into their Sect.
Law XV: All Christians are Forbidden to Defend or Protect a Jew, by Either Force or Favor.
Law XVI: Memorial of the Jews Presented to the King.
Law XVII: Concerning Judaizing Christians.
Law XVIII: Concerning the Perfidy of the Jews.

Title III: Concerning New Laws against the Jews, in which Old Ones are Confirmed, and New Ones are Added

Law I: Concerning Old Laws Enacted Against the Transgressions of the Jews, and the Confirmation of the Same.
Law II: Concerning Blasphemers Against the Holy Trinity.
Law III: Jews shall not Absent themselves, or Remove their Children or Slaves, to Avoid the Blessing of Baptism.
Law IV: Jews shall not Celebrate the Passover According to their Customs, or Practice Circumcision, or Induce any Christian to Renounce the Church of Christ.
Law V: Jews shall not Presume to Keep the Sabbath, or Celebrate Festival Days, According to their Ritual.
Law VI: Every Jew shall Cease from Labor on Sunday, and on all Appointed Holidays.
Law VII: Jews shall not make any Distinction in their Food According to their Custom.
Law VIII: A Jew shall not Marry a Person Nearly Related to him by Blood, or Contract Marriage without the Benediction of a Priest.
Law IX: Jews who Insult our Religion, while Attempting to Defend their own Sect, shall not Betake themselves Elsewhere; nor shall Anyone Shelter them while Fugitives.
Law X: No Christian shall Accept a Gift from a Jew, to the Detriment of the Christian Faith.
Law XI: Jews shall not Dare to Read Such Books as the Christian Faith Rejects.
Law XII: Christian Slaves shall not Serve, or Associate with, Jews.
Law XIII: Where a Jew Declares that he is a Christian, and, for this Reason, does not wish to Dispose of a Christian Slave.
Law XIV: The Confession of Jews; and In What Way Each One of Them, who is Converted, must Write Down the Proof of his Conversion.
Law XV: Conditions under which Jews must Make Oath, when, having been Converted, they have in their Confession of Faith.
Law XVI: Concerning the Christian Slaves of Jews, who have not Proclaimed Themselves Christians, and those who Expose Them.
Law XVII: No Jew, under any Authority whatever, shall Dare to Oppress, Punish, or Imprison a Christian, Except by Order of the King.
Law XVIII: If Slaves of Jews, not yet Converted, should Claim the Grace of Christ, they shall be Liberated.
Law XIX: Jews shall not Rule Christians under the Authority of Mayors of Towns or of Superintendents of Estates; and Concerning the Penalties to be Imposed upon Such as Appoint them to Office.
Law XX: Where a Jew comes from Another Country into any of the Provinces of Our Kingdom, he Must, at once, Present himself before a Bishop, a Priest, or a Judge; and What shall be Done under the Circumstances.
Law XXI: How Assemblies of Jews shall Visit the Bishop on Appointed Days.
Law XXII: Where Anyone has a Jew in his Service, and a Priest Demands him, the Master shall not have a Right to Retain said Jew.
Law XXIII: All Restraint of and Control over the Jews shall be Vested in the Priesthood.
Law XXIV: Concerning the Penalties to be Imposed upon Priests and Judges who Neglect to Enforce the Laws against the Jews.
Law XXV: No Judge shall Presume to Investigate the Offences of the Jews without the Knowledge of an Ecclesiastic.
Law XXVI: Bishops shall be Immune from Punishment, when their Priests do not Inform them of Such Things as Should be Corrected.
Law XXVII: Concerning the Mercy to be Shown by Princes, towards Those who have been Truly Converted to the Christian Faith.
Law XXVIII: Bishops shall Give to all Jews a Copy of this Book, which has been Published for the Purpose of Correcting their Errors; and their Confessions and a Record of their Conversion, shall be Deposited among the Archives of the Church.