The Visigothic Code: (Forum judicum)
ed. S. P. Scott
Book I: Concerning Legal Agencies
Law I: What the
Method of Making Laws Should Be.
Law II: How the Lawmaker
Should Act.
Law III: What Should
be Required of the Lawmaker.
Law IV: What
the Conduct of the Lawmaker Should Be in his Daily Life.
Law V: How the
Lawmaker Should Impart Advice.
Law VI: What
Manner of Speech the Lawmaker Should Use.
Law VII: How
the Lawmaker Should Act in Rendering Judgment.
Law VIII: How
the Lawmaker Should Comport Himself in Public and Private Affairs.
Law IX: What
Instruction it is Fitting That the Lawmaker Should Give
Law I: What the
Lawmaker Should Observe in Framing the Laws.
Law II: What
the Law Is.
Law III: What
the Law Does.
Law IV: What
the Law Should Be.
Law V: Why the
Law is Made.
Law VI: How the
Law Should Triumph over Enemies.
Book II: Concerning the Conduct of Causes
Title I: Concerning Judges, and Matters to be Decided in Court
Law
I: When Amended Laws Should come in Force.
Law
II: The Royal Power, as well as the Entire Body of the People should
be Subject to the Majesty of the Law.
Law
III: It is Permitted to No One to be Ignorant of the Law.
Law
IV: The Business of the King shall First be Considered, then that of
the People.
Law
V: How the Avarice of the King should be Restrained in the Beginning,
and How Documents Issued in the Name of the King should be Drawn Up.
Law
VI: Concerning Those who Abandon the King, or the People, or their
Country, or who Conduct themselves with Arrogance.
Law
VII: Of Incriminating the King, or Speaking Ill of Him.
Law
VIII: Of Annulling the Laws of Foreign Nations.
Law
IX: No One shall presume to have in his Possession another Book of
Laws except this which has just been Published.
Law
X: Concerning Fast Days and Festivals, during which No Legal Business
shall be Transacted.
Law
XI: No Cause shall be Heard by the Judges which is not Sanctioned by
the Law.
Law
XII: When Causes have been Determined, at no Time shall They be Revived,
but They shall be Disposed of according to the Arrangement of this Book;
the Addition of Other Laws being One of the Prerogatives of the King.
Law
XIII: It Shall be Lawful for No One to Hear and Determine Causes except
Those Whom either the King, the Parties by Voluntary Consent, or the Judge,
shall have Invested with Judicial Powers.
Law
XIV: What Causes shall be Heard, and to what Persons Causes shall be
Assigned for a Decision.
Law
XV: Judges Shall Decide Criminal as well as Civil Causes.
Law
XVI: Concerning the Punishment of Those who Presume to Act as Judges,
Who have not been Invested with Judicial Power.
Law
XVII: Concerning Those who Ingore the Letters of the Judge, or His
Seal, Calling Them to Court.
Law
XVIII: Where a Judge Refuses to Hear a Litigant, or Decides Fraudulently
or Ignorantly.
Law
XIX: Where a Judge, either through Convenience to Himself or through
Want of Proper Knowledge, Decides Fraudulently or Ignorantly.
Law
XX: Where a Judge, either through Deceit or Cunning, imposes Needless
Costs upon Either or Both the Parties to a Suit.
Law
XXI: What, First of All, a Judge should be Familiar With, in order
that he May Understand a Case.
Law
XXII: Where the Integrity of a Judge is said to be Suspected by Anyone
of Honorable Rank, or where a Judge presumes to render a Decision Contrary
to Law.
Law
XXIII: How a Judge should render Judgment.
Law
XXIV: Concerning the Emoluments and the Punishment of the Judge, and
of the Bailiff.
Law
XXV: Everyone who is Invested with Judicial Power shall Legally bear
the Title of Judge.
Law
XXVI: Every Bond which is Exacted by a Judge, after an Unjust Decree,
shall be held Invalid.
Law
XXVII: An Unjust Decree, or an Unjust Interpretation of the Law, Prompted
by Fear of the Throne, or Made by Order of the King, shall be Invalid.
Law
XXVIII: Concerning the Power Conferred upon Bishops, of Restraining
Judges who Decide Wrongfully.
Law
XXIX: The Judge, when Inquired or by a Party, should be able to give
a Reason for his Decision.
Law
XXX: Concerning the Punishment of Judges who Appropriate the Property
of Others.
Law
XXXI: Concerning Those who Treat the Royal Order with Disdain.
Law
XXXII: How the Judge should Inquire into Causes by the Ordeal of Hot
Water.
Law
I: No One can Refuse to Answer because the Plaintiff Never Presented
his Claim to Him.
Law
II: The Court must be Disturbed by no Clamor or Tumult.
Law
III: Where there are Many Litigants, Two may be Chosen who shall have
Power to carry on the Suit.
Law
IV: Both Parties may be Compelled by the Judge or the Bailiff, to be
Present in Court on the Day when the Case is to be Heard.
Law
V: Those whose Affairs have been brought before a Tribunal for a Decision,
shall under no Circumstances enter into a Compromise before the Case has
been Decided.
Law
VI: Both Parties shall be Required to Furnish Testimony.
Law
VII: Concerning the Journey which Anyone Compels an Innocent Person
to Make.
Law
VIII: Where Anyone Residing in the District of one Judge has a Cause
of Action against a Party Living in the District of another Judge.
Law
IX: Concerning Those who Venture to Defend the Suits of Others.
Law
X: No Freeman shall Refuse to Answer the Slave of another in Court.
Law
I: Princes and Bishops should not Conduct their Cases in Court in Person,
but through their Subjects or Subordinates.
Law
II: The Judge must inquire of a Litigant, whether the Suit brought
by Him is his Own, or that of Another.
Law
III: He who cannot conduct his Cause Himself must give Written Authority
to his Attorney.
Law
IV: Torture shall in no Case be inflicted upon Persons of Noble Birth
who are acting as Representatives of Others; and, In what way, a Freeman
of the Lower Class, or a Slave, may be subjected to Torture.
Law
V: If He who has Appointed an Attorney Suffers Delay, He can revoke
his Commission.
Law
VI: It shall not be Lawful for a Woman to Act as an Attorney, but She
may Conduct her Own Case in Court.
Law
VII: The Constituent shall receive the Benefit, and bear the Loss,
resulting from Proceedings Instituted by his Attorney.
Law
VIII: If an Attorney should die, his Heirs shall be entitled to his
Fees.
Law
IX: What Persons those in Power, and those that are Poor, may appoint
to Conduct their Cases.
Law
X: Those who have Charge of the Royal Treasury, when the Suit is brought
for its Benefit, have authority to appoint whom they wish to represent
them.
Law
I: Concerning Persons who are not Permitted to Testify.
Law
II: Witnesses shall not Testify except under Oath; Where both parties
offer Witnesses which shall be Believed; and Where a Witness Testifies
Falsely.
Law
III: Where a Witness Testifies Orally, and Written Evidence Contradicts
Him.
Law
IV: A Slave shall not be Believed unless he Belongs to the Crown; and
When Royal Slaves shall be Believed.
Law
V: A Witness shall not give his Testimony in Writing, but Orally, and
how Testimony should be Given.
Law
VI: Concerning Those who give False Testimony.
Law
VII: Concerning Those who are Proved to have Given False Testimony;
and Concerning the Space of Six Months in which a Witness may be Declared
Infamous. It shall not be Lawful to give Testimony concerning One who is
Dead.
Law
VIII: Concerning Those who Induce Others to give False Testimony, or
to Encourage the Slaves of Others to Seek their Liberty.
Law
IX: In what Causes Slaves can Testify.
Law
X: Concerning Those who Bind Themselves in Writing, not to give True
Testimony in the Cause of Others.
Law
XI: At what Age Minors can Testify.
Law
XII: A Near Relative or a Kinsman of a Party to a Suit cannot give
Testimony against a Stranger.
Title V: Concerning Valid and Invalid Documents and How Wills Should be Drawn Up
Law
I: What Documents are Valid in Law.
Law
II: No Witness shall Testify as to the Contents of a Document of which
He is Ignorant.
Law
III: Concerning the Drawing Up of Contracts, and Other Legal Documents.
Law
IV: Neither Children, nor other Heirs, shall contest the Final Disposition
of Property of their Ancestors.
Law
V: Concerning the Penalties to which those are Liable who attempt to
Repudiate their Written Contracts.
Law
VI: Contracts and Agreements made by Slaves are Invalid, unless Ordered
by their Masters.
Law
VII: Concerning Dishonorable and Illegal Contracts.
Law
VIII: No One shall be Liable in Person or Property, under the Terms
of any Contract, where Deception has been Practiced; nor shall He be Liable
to any Penalty provided by the same.
Law
IX: Every Obligation, or Contract, which has been Extorted by Force,
or Fear, shall be Void.
Law
X: What Contracts entered into by Minors shall be Valid.
Law
XI: How Wills shall be Drawn Up and Proved.
Law
XII: How the Wills of those who Die during a Journey shall be Proved.
Law
XIII: A Will must be Published in the Presence of a Priest, or of Witnesses,
within Six Months.
Law
XIV: Concerning the Comparison of Handwriting where Doubt attaches
to any Document.
Law
XV: Concerning Holographic Wills.
Law
XVI: Concerning the Comparison of Documents, and the Infliction of
Penalties prescribed by Wills.
Law
XVII: No Testator shall be Permitted to Dispose of Property in One
Way, in the Presence of Witnesses, and in Another by a Written Will.
Book III: Concerning Marriage
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.
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.
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, is 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.
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.
Book IV: Concerning Natural Lineage
Law I: The Nature of the First Degree.
Law II: The Affinity of the Second
Degree.
Law III: The Relationship of the Third
Degree.
Law IV: The Consanguinity of the Fourth
Degree.
Law V: The Origin of the Fifth Degree.
Law VI: The Limits of the Sixth Degree.
Law VII: The Persons in the Seventh
Degree who are not Mentioned by the Laws.
Law I: Brothers and Sisters shall Share
Equally in the Inheritance of their Parents.
Law II: The Children shall Come First
in the Order of Succession.
Law III: Where there are no Heirs
in the Direct Line, Collateral Heirs shall Inherit the Property.
Law IV: Who shalt Succeed to the Property
of Those who have left no Written Wills, or have made no Disposition of
their Possessions in the Presence of Witnesses.
Law V: Concerning Inheritance by Brothers
and Sisters, and by such of these as are not descended from the same Parents.
Law VI: Where he who dies leaves Grandfathers
or Grandmothers.
Law VII: Where he who Dies leaves
Aunts.
Law VIII: Where he who Dies leaves
Nephews.
Law IX: A Woman shall be entitled
to a Share in an Entire Inheritance.
Law X: As a Woman has a Right to
a Share of an Entire Inheritance, so he who is next in Succession shall
Inherit the Remainder of the Property.
Law XI: Concerning the Inheritance
of Husband and Wife, respectively.
Law XII: Concerning the Inheritance
of Property from Clerks and Monks.
Law XIII: After the Death of their
Mother, Children shall remain under Control of their Father; and What Disposition
he shall make of their Property.
Law XIV: Where a Mother remains a
Widow, she shall have an Equal Portion of the inheritance with her Children;
and How a Mother ought to Dispose of the Property of her Children.
Law XV: No Wife can lay Claim to
what her Husband has Gained by the Labor of her Slaves.
Law XVI: Concerning such Property
as the Husband and Wife, together have Accumulated during their Married
Life.
Law XVII: In what way a Child may
Inherit Property.
Law XVIII: How the Parents of a Child
can Inherit from Him.
Law XIX: Concerning Posthumous Children
Law XX: He who leaves no Children,
has full Power to Dispose of his Property as he Pleases.
Law
I: What a Minor Is.
Law
II: From what date Time is to be Computed in Bringing Lawsuits relating
to Minors.
Law
III: How the Guardianship of Wards shall be Entered upon; what Portion
of their Property they shall Receive, and what Portion shall be Given to
their Guardians.
Law
IV: Guardians shall have no Right to Exact from Wards in their Charge
any Instruments in Writing whatever.
Law
I: Where Anyone Casts Away, or Abandons, a Freeborn Child, he shall
Serve as its Slave.
Law
II: Where a Male or Female Slave shall be proved to have Cast Away
a Child, with, or without the Knowledge of his or her Master.
Law
III: What Compensation for Support anyone shall Receive for the Bringing
up of a Child committed to his Care by its Parents.
Title V: Concerning Such Property as is Vested by the Laws of Nature
Law
I: Concerning the Disinheriting of Children; and What Disposition Parents
should make of their Property.
Law
II: What Part of her Dowry a Woman has a Right to Bequeath.
Law
III: What Property Parents should Bestow upon their Children, at the
Time of their Marriage.
Law
IV: Concerning Children Born of Different Parents; and What Distinctions
Parents may Make in the Disposition of their Estates.
Law
V: Concerning such Property as Children may have Acquired during the
Lives of their Parents.
Book V: Concerning Business Transactions
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Book VI: Concerning Crimes and Tortures
Law
I: A Slave, Accused of a Crime, may be Demanded of his Master by the
Officials of the District.
Law
II: For what Offences, and in what Manner, Freeborn Persons shall be
put to the Torture.
Law
III: For what Offences, and in what manner Slaves, of Either Sex, shall
be put to the Torture, on account of the Crimes of their Masters.
Law
IV: For what Offences, and in what manner, a Slave, or a Freedman,
shall be Tortured.
Law
V: In what way an Accusation shall be Brought to the Notice of the
King.
Law
VI: How Kings should Practice the Duties of Mercy.
Law
VII: He Alone shall be Considered Guilty who Committed the Crime.
Title II: Concerning Malefactors and their Advisors, and Poisoners
Law
I: Where a Freeborn Man Consults with a Soothsayer Concerning the Health,
or the Death of Another.
Law
II: Concerning Poisoners.
Law
III: Concerning Malefactors and their Advisers.
Law
IV: Concerning Those who are Guilty of Acts of Witchcraft, or any Injury,
towards Men, Animals, or any kind of Property whatsoever.
Law
I: Concerning Those who Administer Drugs for the Production of Abortion.
Law
II: Where a Freeborn Man Causes a Freeborn Woman to Abort.
Law
III: Where a Freeborn Woman Causes another Freeborn Woman to Abort.
Law
IV: Where a Freeborn Man Produces Abortion upon a Slave.
Law
V: Where a Slave Produces Abortion Upon a Freeborn Woman.
Law
VI: Where a Slave Produces Abortion upon a Female Slave.
Law
VII: Concerning Those who Kill their Children before, or after, they
are Born.
Title IV: Concerning Injuries, Wounds, and Mutilations, Inflicted upon Men
Law
I: Concerning the injury of Freemen and Slaves.
Law
II: Concerning insolent Persons and their Acts.
Law
III: Concerning the Law of Retaliation, and the Amount to be Paid in
Lieu of the Enforcement of said Law.
Law
IV: Where a Person Deprives a Traveler of his Liberty, against the
Will of the Latter, and with intent to do him Injury.
Law
V: He who Violates the Law by Inflicting Injury upon Another, shall
undergo the same Punishment which he Himself Inflicted.
Law
VI: He shall not be Considered Guilty who Struck Another, when the
Latter was about to Strike Him.
Law
VII: Where a Slave Insults a Freeborn Person.
Law
VIII: Where one Freeborn Person Strikes Another.
Law
IX: Where the Slave of Another is Mutilated by a Freeborn Person.
Law
X: Where a Slave Strikes a Freeborn Person.
Law
XI: Where One Slave Mutilates Another Slave.
Law
I: Where One Kills Another without Knowing it.
Law
II: Where One Kills Another without Seeing Him.
Law
III: Where One, being Pushed, Kills Another.
Law
IV: Where One, Seeking to Strike Another, Kills a Third Person.
Law
V: Where One is Killed while Interfering in a Quarrel.
Law
VI: Where One, Intending to Inflict a Slight Injury, Kills Another.
Law
VII: Where One, in Sport, or Recklessly, Kills Another.
Law
VIII: Where One Kills Another through Immoderate Punishment.
Law
IX: Where a Freeman Kills a Slave by Accident.
Law
X: Where a Slave Kills a Freeman by Accident.
Law
XI: Where One Man Intentionally Kills Another.
Law
XII: No Master shall Kill his Slave without Good Reason; and Where
One Freeman Kills Another.
Law
XIII: No One shall Deprive a Male or Female Slave of a Limb.
Law
XIV: Any Person may bring an Accusation of Homicide.
Law
XV: Both Relatives and Strangers have a Right to Accuse a Person of
Homicide.
Law
XVI: Where a Homicide Takes Refuge in a Church.
Law
XVII: Concerning Parricides, and the Disposition of their Property.
Law
XVIII: Concerning Those who Kill Others Related to Them by Blood.
Law
XIX: Where One Blood Relative is Accidentally Killed by Another.
Law
XX: Where One Slave Kills Another by Accident.
Law
XXI: Concerning Those who Destroy their Souls by Perjury.
Book VII: Concerning Theft and Fraud
Law
I: Concerning Informers and Persons who give Information of Theft.
Law
II: A Slave, Acting as Informer, must not be Believed, unless the Testimony
of his Master is also Given.
Law
III: Where the Informer Knew of the Commission of the Theft.
Law
IV: Concerning the Compensation of an Informer.
Law
V: Where an Innocent Person is Accused of Crime by an Informer.
Law
I: He who is Searching for Stolen Property must Describe it.
Law
II: Where a Slave Commits a Theft Before, or After, he has Received
his Freedom.
Law
III: Where a Slave who has Become the Property of Another Master, Commits
an Unlawful Act.
Law
IV: Where a Freeman Commits a Theft in Company with the Slave of Another
Person.
Law
V: Where a Master Commits a Theft in Company with his Slave.
Law
VI: Where a Slave, Belonging In Another Person, is Instigated by Anyone
to the Commission of Unlawful Acts.
Law
VII: Concerning Those who Knowingly Associate with Thieves.
Law
VIII: Where Anyone, Ignorantly, Buys Stolen Property of a Thief.
Law
IX: Where Anyone, Knowingly, Buys Stolen Property of a Thief.
Law
X: Concerning Money, and Other Property, Stolen from the King.
Law
XI: Concerning the Stealing of Bells from Cattle.
Law
XII: Concerning the Theft of Mill Machinery.
Law
XIII: Concerning the Punishment of a Thief.
Law
XIV: A Thief, when Taken, shall be Brought Before the Judge; and Where
a Freeman Commits a Theft in Company with a Slave, Both shall Undergo the
Same Penalty.
Law
XV: Where a Thief, Defending Himself with a Sword, is Killed.
Law
XVI: Where a Thief is Killed at Night, while he is Being Taken.
Law
XVII: Concerning Property Injured or Destroyed, and the Reparation
to be Made for what has been Damaged or Stolen.
Law
XVIII: Concerning Property Rescued from Shipwreck.
Law
XIX: Concerning the Property and the Heirs of Thieves.
Law
XX: Concerning Those who Rescue Thieves and Other Criminals, after
their Capture.
Law
XXI: Where a Slave Steals from his Master, or from a Fellow-Slave.
Law
XXII: Within what Time, after his Arrest, a Thief must be Brought Before
the Judge.
Law
XXIII: Where Anyone Secretly Kills an Animal Belonging to Another.
Title III: Concerning Appropriators and Kidnappers of Slaves
Law
I:
Where Anyone Seizes the Slave of Another.
Law
II:
Where a Freeman is Convicted of Having Stolen the Male or Female Slave
of Another.
Law
III:
Concerning Kidnapped Children of Freeborn Persons.
Law
IV:
Where one Slave Kidnaps Another Belonging to a Person not his Master.
Law
V:
Where a Slave, at the Command of his Master, Kidnaps a Freeborn Person.
Law
VI:
Where a Slave, without the Knowledge of his Master, Kidnaps a Freeborn
Person.
Law
I:
Where a Judge is asked to Punish Crime, and is afterwards Treated with
Contempt.
Law
II:
The Governor of the City shall Aid the Judge in the Arrest of Persons Accused
of Crime.
Law
III:
Where a Person Breaks out of Prison, or Influences the Jailer for that
Purpose.
Law
IV:
Concerning the Compensation which may be Received from those in Custody.
Law
V:
Where a Judge who is Lenient to Offenders against the Law, Releases a Criminal.
Law
VI:
Concerning the Punishment of a Judge who Improperly Discharges a Criminal.
Law
VII:
A Person Guilty of Crime shall Receive the Sentence of the Law not Secretly,
but in Public.
Law
I: Concerning those who Forge Royal Orders and Mandates.
Law
II: Concerning those who Forge Documents, or Attempt to Forge Them.
Law
III: Concerning those who Forge, or Serve, False Orders in the Name
of the King, or Judge.
Law
IV: Concerning those who Falsify a Will against the Consent of a Party
while Living, or Disclose Contents of the Same.
Law
V: Concerning those who Attempt to Forge or Conceal the Will of a Person
Already Deceased.
Law
VI: Where Anyone Assumes a Fictitious Name, or Adopts a False Lineage
or Relationship.
Law
VII: Concerning Documents Fraudulently Dated, Prior to their Execution.
Law
VIII: Concerning Later Documents Fraudulently Executed.
Law
IX: Concerning those who Falsely Write, or Publish, Decrees and Edicts
of the King.
Law
I:Concerning the Torture of Slaves, in Order to Convict their Masters
of Counterfeiting Money; and the Reward of Witnesses who have given Information
of the Same.
Law
II:Concerning those who Debase Solidi, or Other Coins.
Law
III:Concerning those who Debase Gold by a Mixture of Other Metals.
Law
IV:Where Artificers of Metals are Found to have Abstracted a Portion,
of what was Entrusted to Them.
Law
V:No One shall Refuse to Accept a Golden Solidus of Legal Weight.
Book VIII: Concerning Acts of Violence and Injuries
Law
I: The Patron, or the Master, shall Alone be Held Guilty, if, by his
Orders, a Freeman or a Slave should Commit any Unlawful Act.
Law
II: Where a Party in Possession is Expelled by Force.
Law
III: Where Many Persons Unite in Causing Bloodshed.
Law
IV: Where a Person is Shut up by Violence, Inside his Own House, or
Within his Gate.
Law
V: Property, while in the Possession of Another, shall not be Seized,
Except Under Legal Process.
Law
VI: Where a Person is Guilty of Asking Others to Commit Depredations.
Law
VII: A House shall not be Entered in the Absence of the Master, or
while he is on a Public Expedition.
Law
VIII: Where the Slaves of a Person who is Absent on a Public Expedition
Commit Unlawful Acts.
Law
IX: Concerning Those who, while on a Public Expedition, Commit Robbery
or Other Depredations.
Law
X: He in whose Possession Stolen Property has been Found, shall be
Compelled to Name his Associates in the Crime.
Law
XI: Concerning Those who are Guilty of Giving Directions to Others
for Purposes of Robbery.
Law
XII: Concerning Those who Rob, or Inflict Annoyance upon Anyone, while
he is on a Journey, or at Work in the Country.
Law
XIII: Whether a Person Caught in the Act of Robbery may be Killed.
Law I: Concerning Those who set Fire
to Houses, either Within or Without a City.
Law II: Where Forests are set on Fire.
Law III: Where a Conflagration Results
from the Smoldering Campfire of a Traveler.
Title III: Concerning injuries to Trees, Gardens, or Growing Crops of any Description
Law I: Concerning the Compensation
for Cutting Down Trees.
Law II: Where Anyone Destroys the
Garden of Another.
Law III: Where Injury, or Homicide,
Results from the Cutting Down of a Tree.
Law IV: Where a Tree is Partially
Cut Down, or is Injured by Fire.
Law V: Concerning the Cutting Down,
Tearing Up, or Burning of Vines; and the Seizure of Growing Crops.
Law VI: Where Fences are Cut Down,
or Burned.
Law VII: Where Fence Posts are Cut.
Law VIII: Where Anyone is Caught with
a Vehicle, in a Wood Belonging to Another.
Law IX: Concerning the Unreasonable
Enclosure of Orchards, Vineyards, and Pastures.
Law X: Where Animals are Voluntarily
Loosed in Fields where there are Crops, or in Vineyards.
Law XI: Where Animals Damage Growing
Crops.
Law XII: Where an Enclosed Field
is Ruined by Flocks.
Law XIII: Where Fruits of any Kind
are Destroyed by Animals.
Law XIV: Where, while Anyone is Driving
Cattle out of Cultivated Fields, Another Person Rescues them, or Takes
Possession of them afterwards Secretly or by Force.
Law XV: Concerning Animals Found
in Vineyards, Fields of Grain, or Meadows.
Law XVI: Where Animals Depart from
Fields of Growing Grain Before they are Driven Out.
Law XVII: Where Anyone Mutilates
an Animal found in a Field of Grain.
Law I: Where a Horse, or any other
Animal, which has been Tied Up, is Removed, or Injured, in any Way, Without
the Consent of the Owner.
Law II: Where any Animal which has
been Loaned, is Used against the Direction or Will of the Owner, or is
Abused.
Law III: Where the Mane or Tail of
a Horse, or any Other Animal, is cut off by Anyone.
Law IV: Where Anyone Castrates an
Animal Belonging to Another.
Law V: Where Anyone Produces an Abortion
upon a Beast of Burden Belonging to Another.
Law VI: Where Anyone Produces an Abortion
upon any kind of Animal Belonging to Another.
Law VII: Where Animals of any kind
Injure One Another.
Law VIII: Where a Person Kills an
Animal Belonging to Another, whether he has been Injured by said Animal,
or Not.
Law IX: Where an Ox, Belonging to
Another, is Used for Labor, without the Consent of its Owner.
Law X: Where Animals, of any kind,
Belonging to Another are Overworked in the Threshing of Grain.
Law XI: Where Cattle, which have
done no Injury, are Shut Up.
Law XII: Where an Animal Causes Injury
to Anyone.
Law XIII: Where an Animal is Injured,
or Killed, by a Blow.
Law XIV: Where Cattle, Belonging
to Another, with or without the Knowledge of the Owner, are Mingled with
the Herd or Flock of the Latter.
Law XV: Where Anything Intended to
Frighten an Animal is Fastened to it, and it should be either Injured,
or Killed, in Consequence.
Law XVI: Where a Vicious Animal,
while on the Premises of its Owner, Kills Anyone.
Law XVII: Where Anyone Rids himself
of a Vicious Animal, or Still Retains it in his Possession.
Law XVIII: Where Anyone Teases an
Animal and is Injured by it, he Alone shall be Responsible for the Injury.
Law XIX: Where a Dog that has been
Irritated, whether the Provocation, was Wanton or not, is Proved to have
Injured, or Killed Anyone.
Law XX: Concerning a Vicious Dog.
Law XXI: Concerning Injuries to Clothing.
Law XXII: Where a Trespasser Falls
into a Trap set for Wild Animals.
Law XXIII: He who sets Snares or
Traps for Wild Beasts, must Inform his Neighbors of the Places where said
Snares are Set.
Law XXIV: Concerning Injuries Resulting
from the Obstruction of Highways.
Law XXV: Of the Space that is to
be Preserved along Public Highways.
Law XXVI: Where the Animals of Persons
Traversing Fields that are not Enclosed, are Driven Away.
Law XXVII: Animals Driven along the
Highway Cannot be Excluded from Open Pastures.
Law XXVIII: He who has Land under
Cultivation along the Bank of a River, has a Right to Enclose the Same.
Law XXIX: Concerning the Right to
Enclose Streams.
Law XXX: Concerning Those who Damage
Mills, and Ponds.
Law XXXI: Concerning Those who Steal
Water from Streams Belonging to Others.
Title V: Concerning the Pasturage of Hogs and Concerning Strays
Law I: Where Hogs are Pastured on Acorns
Either without Authority, or under Contract.
Law II: Where Hogs are Fed on Acorns
on Land Belonging to Several Persons.
Law III: Where hogs Turned on Land
to be Fed on Acorns under Contract, are Taken away by Stealth, Before the
Tenth Part of Said Hogs are Delivered.
Law IV: Where Hogs are Found Wandering
in Woodland.
Law V: Where a Drove of Animals, of
any Kind, Enter upon the Pasture-land of Another Person.
Law VI: Public Notice shall be given
of Strays by him who Find them.
Law VII: Whoever Finds any Strays
shall take Proper Care the Same.
Law VIII: No Stray Animal shall be
Either Sheared, Branded or Appropriated by Anyone.
Law I: Where a Person Finds Bees on
his Property.
Law II: Where Bees Cause any Damage.
Law III: Concerning the Theft of Bees.
Book IX: Concerning Fugitives and Refugees
Title I: Concerning Fugitives, and Those who Conceal, and Assist Them in Their Flight
Law I: Where a Freeman or a Slave is
Found to have Concealed a Fugitive.
Law II: Where a Fugitive is Released
from his Chains by any Person.
Law III: Within what Time a Fugitive
Slave that has been Found, shall be Produced Before the Judge.
Law IV: Where Anyone, Ignorantly,
Receives a Fugitive Slave and Cares for Him.
Law V: Where Anyone Persuades the
Slave of Another to Flee, or Shows him Hospitality.
Law VI: Where a Man, Unknown to be
a Slave, is Received by Another, and Remains with him Several Days.
Law VII: Where a Slave, Knowingly,
Directs a Fugitive Slave in his Flight.
Law VIII: Concerning the Reception
of Fugitive Slaves, and Whether a Master or a Slave may Receive a Fugitive
Slave Belonging to Another.
Law IX: Where a Fugitive Slave Comes
to the House of any Person, Notice of the Fact must be Given to the Neighbors
and Authorities of the District.
Law X: Where a Slave that has been
Sold into a Foreign Country, Returns as a Fugitive, and is Sold Second
Time, he shall be Entitled to his Freedom.
Law XI: Where a Fugitive Slave Takes
Refuge with Another Person, an Investigation must be Made, to Ascertain
whether he was not Sent by his Master, in Order that the Latter might Receive
Compensation from the Person who Received said Slave.
Law XII: Where a Slave, Falsely Declaring
that he is Free, Serves Another for Hire.
Law XIII: Where a Fugitive Slave
is Found in the House of any Person.
Law XIV: Concerning the Reward for
Arresting a Fugitive Slave.
Law XV: Where a Fugitive Slave Falsely
Declares that he is Freeborn.
Law XVI: Where a Fugitive Slave,
Declaring that he is Freeborn, Marries a Freeborn Woman.
Law XVII: Concerning Property Acquired
by Fugitive Slaves.
Law XVIII: Concerning Those who Refuse
to Restore Slaves to their Masters.
Law XIX: Where a Freeman, or a Slave,
Undertakes the Concealment of Robbers.
Law XX: A Judge must Surrender a
Fugitive Slave, with all the Property Found in his Possession, to his Master.
Law XXI: Concerning Fugitive Slaves,
and those who Shelter Them.
Title II: Concerning Those who Refuse to go to War, and Deserters
Law I: Where an Officer of the Army,
Corrupted by a Bribe Permits a Soldier to Depart, or does not Compel him
to Leave his Home.
Law II: Where Conscription Officers
Appropriate the Property of Those they Call to Arms.
Law III: Where an Officer of the Army
Abandons the War, and Returns Home, or Permits Others to do so.
Law IV: Where an Officer of the Army,
Deserting the Service, Returns Home, or Compels Others to do so.
Law V: Where a Conscription Officer
Receives a Bribe to Permit Soldiers who are not Ill, to Remain at Home.
Law VI: Concerning those who Appropriate
Army Rations, or are Guilty of Fraud in the Distribution of the Same.
Law VII: What Reward he who Rescues
Slaves, or Property, from the Possession of the Enemy, shall be Entitled
to.
Law VIII: What Conduct shall be Pursued
when Public Scandal Arises within the Bounds of Spain.
Law IX: Concerning Those who Fail
to Enlist at the Appointed Time or Place, or Desert; and What Proportion
of the Slaves Belonging to any Person shall Join the Army.
Law I: No One, Claiming the Privilege
of Sanctuary in a Church, shall be Taken from Thence by Force, Unless he
Defends himself with Arms.
Law II: Where a Person Seeks Sanctuary
in a Church, and is Killed, while Defending himself with Arms.
Law III: Concerning the Penalty for
Removing a Man from a Church by Force.
Law IV: A Debtor, or a Criminal, Cannot
be Forcibly Removed from a Church, and must Pay such Debts, or Penalties,
as are Due.
Book X: Concerning Partition, Limitation, and Boundaries
Title I: Concerning Partition, and Lands Conveyed by Contract
Law I: A Partition Once Made, shall
Remain Forever in Force.
Law II: No Partition Made Between
Brothers shall be Revoked, Even if it was not Made in Writing, but Only
in the Presence of a Competent Witness.
Law III: Where a Partition is Made
Among Many Persons by the Majority, and those Entitled to the Larger Share,
it shall not be Changed by any Act of the Minority.
Law IV: One Heir shall have the Right
to Act for all the Others, either as Plantiff or Defendant.
Law V: Where Anyone Violates a Contract
Establishing a Partition, and Seizes a Portion of the Property.
Law VI: Where an Heir Plants a Vineyard,
or Erects a House, on Land Belonging to his Co-Heirs.
Law VII: Where one Person Plants
a Vineyard on the Land of Another, to which he has no Title.
Law VIII: Concerning the Division
of Lands Made Between Goths and Romans.
Law IX: Concerning Forests Still
Undivided Among Goths and Romans.
Law X: Whatever Acts a Slave may
Perform, without the Order of his Master, shall be Void, except when Otherwise
Provided by Law.
Law XI: Whoever Enters upon Land,
under a Lease, must Comply with his Contract.
Law XII: Where Lands are Leased,
by a Written Contract, for a Term of Years.
Law XIII: Where he who Rents Land
under Contract, Cultivates a Greater Area than he has a Right to do, under
the Conditions of the Same.
Law XIV: Where a Dispute Arises
Between Landlord and Tenant, Concerning Arable Lands, or Forests, which
are Leased.
Law XV: Both Tenants must Pay the
Rent for Land which has been Sublet.
Law XVI: Where Goths have Appropriated
any of the Third Part of Land Belonging to Romans, they shall Restore the
Entire Amount to the Romans, under Order of Court.
Law XVII: Concerning the Partition
of Property Among the Blood-Relatives of Slaves, and the Distribution of
their Personal Estates.
Law XVIII: All Personal Property
shall be Classed under One Title.
Law XIX: Where a Contract is not
Complied with, According to its Terms.
Title II: Concerning the Limitations of Fifty and Thirty Years
Law I: After the Lapse of Fifty Years,
Neither Goths not Romans can Assert a Claim to Property.
Law II: No Fugitive Slave shall Again
be Reduced to Servitude, after the Lapse of Fifty Years.
Law III: No Suit at Law shall be
Brought Thirty Years After the Cause of Action has Arisen.
Law IV: The Limitation of Thirty
Years shall Run in all Cases Excepting those where Slaves of the Crown
are Concerned.
Law V: Concerning Claims made within
Thirty Years.
Law VI: The Limitation of Thirty
Years shall not Run while Persons are Exiled.
Law VII: Within what Time Slaves
Belonging to the Crown can Again be Reduced to Slavery.
Law I: How Boundaries and Landmarks
shall be Preserved.
Law II: Concerning the Destruction
and Removal of Landmarks.
Law III: What is to be Done when
a Dispute Arises Concerning Boundaries.
Law IV: Where One Person makes a
Claim to Land Included within the Boundaries of Another.
Law V: Where any Change was made
in the Boundaries of Land During the Time of the Romans, no Claim Based
upon Other Boundaries shall Prevail.
Book XI: Concerning the Sick and the Dead and Merchants who Come from Beyond
Law I: No Physician shall Presume
to Bleed a Woman, in the Absence of her Relatives.
Law II: No Physician shall Visit
Persons Confined in Prison.
Law III: Where a Physician Treats
Disease under a Contract.
Law IV: Where a Sick Person Dies,
while a Physician is Treating him under a Contract.
Law V: Where a Physician Removes
a Cataract from the Eye.
Law VI: Where a Freeman or a Slave
Dies from Being Bled.
Law VII: Concerning the Compensation
to be Received for the Instruction of a Student in Medicine.
Law VIII: No Physician shall be Imprisoned
without a Hearing.
Law I: Concerning Persons who Deface
or Injure Tombs.
Law II: Where a Coffin is Removed
from a Grave.
Law I: Where Foreign Merchants are
Detected Selling Stolen Property.
Law II: Foreign Merchants shall be
Judged by their own Magistrates, and according to their own Laws.
Law III: Where a Foreign Merchant
Carries Away with him, from our Kingdom, a Person whom he has Hired.
Law IV: Where a Foreign Merchant
takes away a slave for Purposes of Commerce.
Book XII: Concerning the Prevention of Official Oppression, and the Thorough Extinction of Heretical Sects
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.
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.
NOTE: This volume was published originally in Boston by the Boston
Book Company in 1910. The work is edited and translated by S.P. Scott.
Pagination in this edition, as set off in bold face and brackets, for example:
[10], refers to that of the 1910 print edition and is included here
for ease of citation.