The Visigothic Code: (Forum judicum)

ed. S. P. Scott

Title I: Ecclesiastical Affairs

Law I: Concerning Donations to the Church.
Law II: Concerning the Preservation and Restoration of Property Belonging to the Church.
Law III: Concerning Sales and Gifts of Church Properly.
Law IV: Concerning Church Property in Charge of Those Devoted to the Service of the Church.
Law V: Concerning the Repairs of Churches, and Divers Other Matters.
Law VI: Concerning the Arbitrary Conduct of Bishops.
Law VII: Emancipated Slaves of the Church, who are still Bound to Render it Service, shall not be Permitted to Marry Persons who are Freeborn.

Title II: Concerning Donations in General

Law I: A Donation Extorted by Violence is Void.
Law II: Concerning Royal Donations.
Law III: Concerning Property Given to a Husband or a Wife by the King.
Law IV: Concerning Property, in Addition to the Dowry, Given to a Wife by her Husband.
Law V: Concerning Property Given to a Husband by his Wife; and Where a Wife has been Convicted of Adultery.
Law VI: Concerning Property Donated Verbally, or Conveyed by Instruments in Writing.
Law VII: Concerning Gifts Bestowed upon One Another by Husband and Wife.

Title III: Concerning the Gifts of Patrons

Law I: Where Anyone who has been Placed under the Control of Another, or of the Son of that Person, Deserts either his Patron, or the Children of the Latter.
Law II: Concerning Aims given to Bailiffs who have been Appointed for the Defense of Anyone, and the Acquisitions of said Bailiffs.
Law III: Concerning Property Acquired through the Appointment of a Patron, or which has been Donated by Him.
Law IV: Concerning Property Accepted and Acquired through the Office of Patron.

Title IV: Concerning Exchanges and Sales

Law I: What Constitutes a Valid Exchange, and what a Valid Purchase.
Law II: If the Vendor is not a Person of Good Character, he must give a Surety.
Law III: Any Sale made under Compulsion shall be Void.
Law IV: In Case the Price should not be Paid, after Earnest Money has been Given.
Law V: Where only Part of the Price is Paid.
Law VI: Where Fraud is Committed in Stating the Price of whatever is Sold.
Law VII: Where Anyone says that he Sold his Property for less than it was Worth.
Law VIII: Concerning Those who Sell, or Give Away, the Property of Others.
Law IX: It shall not be Lawful to Sell, or Give Away, Property whose Ownership is in Dispute.
Law X: Where a Freeman Allows Himself to be Sold.
Law XI: Concerning Free Men and Free Women Sold by Slaves or Freemen.
Law XII: It shall be Illegal for Parents to Sell their Children, or, by any Contract whatsoever, to Place Them in the Power of Others.
Law XIII: Concerning Sales by Slaves.
Law XIV: Where a Slave, who has been Sold, Accuses his Former Master of Crime.
Law XV: A Master may Claim the Property of a Slave whom he has Sold.
Law XVI: Whether a Slave may be Redeemed with his own Private Property.
Law XVII: No One, against his Will, shall be Compelled to Sell his Slaves.
Law XVIII: Where a Slave, on Account of a Crime he has Committed, is Transferred to the Possession of Another.
Law XIX: Concerning Property Belonging to Private Persons, and to the Court, which may not be Alienated.
Law XX: Where Anyone Sells, or Gives Away Property, whose Possession should first have been Transferred by Judicial Decree.
Law XXI: Of Slaves Captured and Sold by the Enemy.
Law XXII: For what Price this Book shall be Bought.

Title V: Concerning Property Committed to the Charge of, or Loaned to, Another

Law I: Concerning Animals Hired to Another.
Law II: Concerning Animals Loaned for the Purpose of Labor.
Law III: Concerning Things which have been Loaned, and afterwards Destroyed by Fire, or Lost by Theft.
Law IV: Concerning Lost Money, and the Interest on the Same.
Law V: Concerning Property Committed to the Charge of Another, and Lost by Accident at Sea.
Law VI: Concerning Property Entrusted to a Slave without his Master's Knowledge.
Law VII: Where a Slave Fraudulently Demands Property Entrusted by his Master to Another.
Law VIII: Concerning Legal Interest.
Law IX: What shall be Paid for the Use of Fruits of the Soil.
Law X: Who are Entitled to Wills, or Instruments in Writing, which Have been Entrusted to the Keeping of Anyone.

Title VI: Concerning Pledges and Debts

Law I: Where Articles are not Pledged.
Law II: Where Pledges are Deposited, and afterwards Stolen.
Law III: Where Articles are Pledged as Security for Debts.
Law IV: Where a Pledge is not Restored when the Debt is Paid.
Law V: Where a Person is Liable for many Debts, or has Committed many Crimes.
Law VI: In what way the Debt of a Person who is Dead, or any Injury he has Committed, shall be Inquired Into.

Title VII: Concerning the Liberation of Slaves, and Freedmen

Law I: Where Slaves are Liberated, either by Instruments in Writing, or in the Presence of Witnesses.
Law II: Where a Slave Belonging to One, or to Several Persons, is set at Liberty.
Law III: Concerning Those who Declare that they are Free.
Law IV: Whether he who is enjoying Liberty, can be Returned to Slavery.
Law V: Whether he who is Sought to be Returned to Slavery, can be Deprived of any of his Properly.
Law VI: Whether he who has been Declared to be Free by his Master, in Court, can be again Reduced to on the Demand of said Master.
Law VII: Where anyone, Influenced by Fear, Asserts that he is a Slave.
Law VIII: Where a Freeman is Claimed as a Slave; or Where a Slave Declares Himself to be Free.
Law IX: For what Reasons Freedom, once Given, shall be Revoked.
Law X: Where a Freedman Inflicts Injury upon him who Gave him his Freedom.
Law XI: A Freedman shall not be Permitted to give Testimony against his Former Master, of against the Children of the Latter.
Law XII: Freedmen shall not be Permitted to Testify in Court.
Law XIII: Concerning the Disposition of the Property of a Person who has been set Free, should he Die without Leaving Legitimate Children.
Law XIV: Concerning the Conditions Imposed by a Master, where Slaves are Liberated by an instrument in Writing.
Law XV: Concerning the Liberation of Slaves belonging to the Crown.
Law XVI: Concerning the Property of Slaves belonging to the Crown, who have been Liberated.
Law XVII: Neither Freedmen, nor their Descendants, shall either Marry, or act Insolently towards, the Family of their Patron.
Law XVIII: Freedmen who have Entered any Religious Order, shall not be Returned to the Service of their Masters.
Law XIX: In what manner Royal Freedmen and their Descendants shall Defend the King, while Serving in the Army; and with whom Those in the Public Service shall March.
Law XX: Concerning Freedmen who are Guilty of Transgressions.