If any freeborn girl should marry a freeman before the latter has
consulted her parents, and if he then should obtain consent to have
her as his wife, he shall pay the legal dowry to her parents; but if
he can not furnish that sum, the girl shall be again placed under
their control. If she should have been voluntarily married without the
consent and knowledge of her parents, and they should then be unwilling
to receive her, she shall not inherit along with her brothers, for the
reason that she married without the permission of her parents. If her
parents should give her any of their property, she shall have full
liberty to dispose of it at her pleasure.
TITLE III. CONCERNING THE RAPE OF VIRGINS, OR WIDOWS.
=I.= _Where a Freeman carries off a Freewoman by Force, he
shall not be permitted to Marry her, if she was a
Virgin._
=II.= _Where Parents remove their Daughter from the Power of a
Ravisher._
=III.= _Where the Parents of a Girl, who has been Betrothed,
consent that She should be Carried Away by Another._
=IV.= _Where Brothers, either during the Life of their Father,
or after his Death, consent that any one should Carry
Away their Sister by Force._
=V.= _Where any one Carries Away by Violence a Woman who was
Betrothed to Another._
=VI.= _Where a Ravisher is Killed._
=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._
=VIII.= _Where a Slave carries off a Freewoman by Force._
=IX.= _Where a Slave carries off a Freedwoman by Force._
=X.= _Where a Slave carries off the Female Slave of Another by
Force._
=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._
=XII.= _Concerning Freemen and Slaves who are Proved to have
been Implicated in the Crime of Rape._
=ANCIENT LAW.=
=I. Where a Freeman carries off a Freewoman by Force, he shall not be
permitted to Marry her, if she was a Virgin.=
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