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The Visigothic Code

The Visigothic Code

by S. P. Scott

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Translator
Scott, S. P. (Samuel Parsons), 1846-1929
Title
The Visigothic code : (Forum Judicum)
Original Publication
Boston: The Boston Book Company, 1910.
Credits
Wouter Franssen, Karin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
KJ: Law in general, Comparative and uniform law, Jurisprudence: Europe
Subject
Law, Germanic -- Sources
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 72551
Release Date
December 30, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE VISIGOTHIC CODE ( FORUM JUDICUM )
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.EDITOR’S PREFACE
  4. 4.CONTENTS.
  5. 5.BOOK I. CONCERNING LEGAL AGENCIES. — TITLE I. THE LAWMAKER.
  6. 6.TITLE II. THE LAW.
  7. 7.BOOK II. CONCERNING THE CONDUCT OF CAUSES. — TITLE I. CONCERNING JUDGES AND MATTERS TO BE DECIDED IN COURT.
  8. 8.TITLE II. CONCERNING CAUSES.
  9. 9.TITLE III. CONCERNING COMMISSIONERS AND COMMISSIONS.
  10. 10.TITLE IV. CONCERNING WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE.
  11. 11.TITLE V. CONCERNING VALID AND INVALID DOCUMENTS; AND HOW WILLS SHOULD BE DRAWN UP.
  12. 12.BOOK III. CONCERNING MARRIAGE. — TITLE I. CONCERNING NUPTIAL CONTRACTS.
  13. 13.TITLE II. CONCERNING UNLAWFUL MARRIAGES.
  14. 14.TITLE III. CONCERNING THE RAPE OF VIRGINS, OR WIDOWS.
  15. 15.TITLE IV. CONCERNING ADULTERY.
  16. 16.TITLE V. CONCERNING INCEST, APOSTASY AND PEDERASTY.
  17. 17.TITLE VI.—CONCERNING DIVORCE, AND THE SEPARATION OF PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN BETROTHED.
  18. 18.BOOK IV. CONCERNING NATURAL LINEAGE. — TITLE I. CONCERNING THE DEGREES OF RELATIONSHIP.
  19. 19.TITLE II. CONCERNING THE LAWS OF INHERITANCE.
  20. 20.TITLE III. CONCERNING WARDS AND THEIR GUARDIANS.
  21. 21.TITLE IV.—CONCERNING FOUNDLINGS.
  22. 22.TITLE V. CONCERNING SUCH PROPERTY AS IS VESTED BY THE LAWS OF NATURE.
  23. 23.BOOK V. CONCERNING BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS. — TITLE I. ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS.
  24. 24.TITLE II. CONCERNING DONATIONS IN GENERAL.
  25. 25.TITLE III. CONCERNING THE GIFTS OF PATRONS.
  26. 26.TITLE IV. CONCERNING EXCHANGES AND SALES.
  27. 27.TITLE V. CONCERNING PROPERTY COMMITTED TO THE CHARGE OF, OR LOANED TO, ANOTHER
  28. 28.TITLE VI. CONCERNING PLEDGES AND DEBTS.
  29. 29.TITLE VII. CONCERNING THE LIBERATION OF SLAVES, AND FREEDMEN.
  30. 30.BOOK VI. CONCERNING CRIMES AND TORTURES. — TITLE I. CONCERNING THE ACCUSERS OF CRIMINALS.
  31. 31.TITLE II. CONCERNING MALEFACTORS AND THEIR ADVISERS, AND POISONERS.
  32. 32.TITLE III. CONCERNING ABORTION.
  33. 33.TITLE IV. CONCERNING INJURIES, WOUNDS, AND MUTILATIONS INFLICTED UPON MEN.
  34. 34.TITLE V. CONCERNING HOMICIDE.
  35. 35.BOOK VII. CONCERNING THEFT AND FRAUD. — TITLE I. CONCERNING INFORMERS OF THEFT. — TITLE II. CONCERNING THIEVES AND STOLEN PROPERTY.
  36. 36.TITLE III. CONCERNING APPROPRIATORS AND KIDNAPPERS OF SLAVES.
  37. 37.TITLE IV. CONCERNING THE CUSTODY AND SENTENCE OF CONDEMNED PERSONS.
  38. 38.TITLE V. CONCERNING FORGERS OF DOCUMENTS.
  39. 39.TITLE VI. CONCERNING COUNTERFEITERS OF METALS.
  40. 40.BOOK VIII. CONCERNING ACTS OF VIOLENCE AND INJURIES. — TITLE I. CONCERNING ATTACKS, AND PLUNDER OF PROPERTY.
  41. 41.TITLE II. CONCERNING ARSON AND INCENDIARIES.
  42. 42.TITLE III. CONCERNING INJURIES TO TREES, GARDENS, OR GROWING CROPS OF ANY DESCRIPTION.
  43. 43.TITLE IV. CONCERNING INJURIES TO ANIMALS, AND OTHER PROPERTY.
  44. 44.TITLE V. CONCERNING THE PASTURAGE OF HOGS, AND CONCERNING STRAYS.
  45. 45.TITLE VI. CONCERNING BEES, AND THE DAMAGE THEY CAUSE.
  46. 46.BOOK IX. CONCERNING FUGITIVES AND REFUGEES. — TITLE I. CONCERNING FUGITIVES, AND THOSE WHO CONCEAL, AND ASSIST THEM IN THEIR FLIGHT.
  47. 47.TITLE II. CONCERNING THOSE WHO REFUSE TO GO TO WAR, AND DESERTERS.
  48. 48.TITLE III. CONCERNING THOSE WHO SEEK SANCTUARY IN A CHURCH.
  49. 49.BOOK X. CONCERNING PARTITION, LIMITATION, AND BOUNDARIES. — TITLE I. CONCERNING PARTITION, AND LANDS CONVEYED BY CONTRACT.
  50. 50.TITLE II. CONCERNING THE LIMITATIONS OF FIFTY AND THIRTY YEARS.
  51. 51.TITLE III. CONCERNING BOUNDARIES AND LANDMARKS.
  52. 52.BOOK XI. CONCERNING THE SICK AND THE DEAD, AND MERCHANTS WHO COME FROM BEYOND SEAS. — TITLE I. CONCERNING PHYSICIANS AND SICK PERSONS.
  53. 53.TITLE II. CONCERNING THOSE WHO DISTURB SEPULCHRES.
  54. 54.TITLE III. CONCERNING MERCHANTS WHO COME FROM BEYOND SEAS.
  55. 55.BOOK XII. CONCERNING THE PREVENTION OF OFFICIAL OPPRESSION, AND THE THOROUGH EXTINCTION OF HERETICAL SECTS. — TITLE I. CONCERNING THE EXERCISE OF MODERATION IN JUDICIAL DECISIONS, AND THE AVOIDING OF OPPRESSION BY THOSE INVESTED WITH AUTHORITY.
  56. 56.TITLE II. CONCERNING THE ERADICATION OF THE ERRORS OF ALL HERETICS AND JEWS.
  57. 57.TITLE III. CONCERNING NEW LAWS AGAINST THE JEWS, IN WHICH OLD ONES ARE CONFIRMED, AND NEW ONES ARE ADDED.
  58. 58.INDEX. — FOOTNOTES:

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