The Visigothic Code: (Forum judicum)
ed. S. P. Scott
Title I: Concerning Nuptial Contracts
Law I:
Marriage shall not be Entered Into without a Dowry.
Law II:
It shall be as Lawful for a Roman Woman to Marry a Goth, as for a Gothic
Woman to Marry a Roman.
Law III:
Where a Girl marries against the Will of her Father, while she is Betrothed
to Another.
Law IV:
When a Gift is made by way of Pledge, a Nuptial Contract cannot be Rescinded.
Law V: Women
Advanced in Years shall not Marry Young Men
Law VI:
What Property the Dowry shall consist of.
Law VII:
The Father shall Exact, and Keep, the Dowry of his Daughter.
Law VIII:
In case of the Death of the Father, the Disposition of the Children of
Both Sexes, in Marriage, shall belong to the Mother.
Law IX:
Where Brothers Defer the Marriage of their Sister, or Where a Girl Marries
Beneath her Station.
Law X:
Where the Items of a Dowry, relating to any kind of Property, are reduced
to Writing, it shall not be Contested.
Title II: Concerning Unlawful Marriages
Law I:
Where a Woman Marries within a Year after the Death of her Husband.
Law II:
Where a Freeborn Woman Marries a Slave, or her own Freedman.
Law III:
Where a Freeborn Woman Marries the Slave of Another, or a Freeborn Man
the Female Slave of Another.
Law IV:
Where a Freedwoman, or a Freedman, Marries the Slave of Another.
Law V:
Where Anyone gives in Marriage his Slave, of Either Sex, to the Slave of
Another.
Law VI:
Where a Woman contracts a Second Marriage in the Absence of her Husband.
Law VII:
Where a Master Marries one of his Slaves to a Freewoman declaring him to
be a Freeman.
Law VIII:
Where a Freewoman Marries without the Consent of her Parents.
Title III: Concerning the Rape of Virgins, or Widows
Law I:
Where a Freeman carries off a Freewoman by Force, he shall not be permitted
to Marry her, if she was a Virgin.
Law II:
Where Parents remove their Daughter from the Power of a Ravisher.
Law III:
Where the Parents of a Girl, who has been Betrothed, consent that she should
be Carried Away by Another.
Law IV:
Where Brothers, either during the Life of their father, or after his Death,
consent that Anyone should Carry Away their Sister by Force.
Law V:
Where Anyone Carries Away by Violence a Woman who was Betrothed to Another.
Law VI:
Where a Ravisher is Killed.
Law VII:
Within what Time it is Lawful to Prosecute a Ravisher; and Whether any
Marriage Contract can be entered into with Him by the Girl or her Parents.
Law VIII:
Where a Slave carries off a Freewoman by Force.
Law IX:
Where a Slave carries off a Freedwoman by Force.
Law X: Where
a Slave carries off the Female Slave of Another by Force.
Law XI:
Concerning those who Deceive Girls, or the Wives of Others, or Widows;
and Concerning those who Compel by Force, and without the Royal Command,
any Freeborn Girl or Widow to take a Husband.
Law XII:
Concerning Freemen and Slaves who are Proved to have been Implicated in
the Crime of Rape.
Law I:
Where a Woman Commits Adultery, with or without the Connivance of her Husband.
Law II:
Where a Girl or Woman who has been Betrothed, is found Guilty of Adultery.
Law III:
Concerning the Adultery of a Wife.
Law IV:
Where an Adulterer, along with an Adulteress, are Killed.
Law V:
Where her Father, or her Relatives, Kill a Girl who has been Guilty of
Adultery in their House.
Law VI:
It is not Lawful for Slaves to put Persons to Death who are Taken in Adultery.
Law VII:
Where a Girl, or a Widow, goes to the House of Another, in order to Commit
Adultery, and the Man should wish to Marry Her.
Law VIII:
Where a Freeborn Woman commits Adultery with Anyone.
Law IX:
Where a Freeborn Woman Commits Adultery with the Husband of Another.
Law X:
Slaves of Both Sexes may be Tortured to Reveal the Adultery of their Masters.
Law XI:
Whether it shall be Lawful to set a Slave at Liberty, in order to Conceal
the Crime of Adultery.
Law XII:
Concerning the Property of Persons who have Committed Adultery.
Law XIII:
Concerning those Persons who have a Right to bring Accusations of Adultery,
and what Proof of the Crime should be Made.
Law XIV:
Where a Freeman, or a Slave, has been Convicted of having committed Adultery,
with Violence, upon a Freeborn Virgin, or Widow.
Law XV:
Where a Freeman, or a Slave, without the Knowledge of his Master, commits
Adultery with the Female Slave of Another.
Law XVI:
Where a Female Slave is proved to have committed Adultery with Another
by Force.
Law XVII:
Concerning the Freeborn Women, or Female Slaves, of Bad Character, and
Where Judges Refuse to Investigate, or Punish their Crimes.
Law XVIII:
Concerning the Impurity of Priests and other Ministers of Religion.
Title V: Concerning Incest, Apostacy, and Pederasty
Law I:
Concerning Incestuous and Adulterous Marriages in General.
Law II:
Concerning Incestuous and Adulterous Marriages and Debauchery, either with
Holy Virgins, or with Widows or other Women while doing Penance.
Law III:
Concerning Men and Women who Illegally Assume the Tonsure and Dress of
Religious Orders.
Law IV:
Concerning the Restraint of Fraud Peculiar to Widows.
Law V:
Concerning Pederasty.
Law VI:
Concerning Sodomy, and the Manner in which the Law should be Enforced.
Law VII:
Concerning Adultery committed with the Concubine of a Father or a Brother.
Title VI: Concerning Divorce, and the Separation of Persons who have been Betrothed
Law I:
Where a Woman, justly or unjustly, is Separated from her Husband.
Law II:
There shall be No Divorce between Married Persons.
Law III:
There shall be No Divorce between Persons who are Betrothed.