The Visigothic code : $b (Forum Judicum) — John Shaqi
The Visigothic code : $b (Forum Judicum)
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The Visigothic code : $b (Forum Judicum)
Law, Germanic -- Sources; Law, Visigothic
X. What Contracts entered into by Minors shall be Valid 66
XI. How Wills shall be Drawn Up and Proved 67
XII. How the Wills of those who Die during a Journey shall
be Proved 68
XIII. A Will must be Published in the Presence of a Priest,
or of Witnesses, within Six Months 69
XIV. Concerning the Comparison of Handwriting where
Doubt attaches to any Document 69
XV. Concerning Holographic Wills 70
XVI. Concerning the Comparison of Documents, and the
Infliction of Penalties prescribed by Wills 70
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 72
BOOK III.
CONCERNING MARRIAGE.
TITLE I.--_Concerning Nuptial Contracts._
I. Marriage shall not be Entered Into without a Dowry 75
II. It shall be as Lawful for a Roman Woman to Marry a
Goth, as for a Gothic Woman to Marry a Roman 76
III. Where a Girl Marries against the Will of her Father,
while she is Betrothed to Another 76
IV. When a Gift is made by way of Pledge, a Nuptial
Contract cannot be Rescinded 77
V. Women Advanced in Years shall not Marry Young Men 77
VI. What Property the Dowry shall consist of 79
VII. The Father shall Exact, and Keep, the Dowry of his
Daughter 79
VIII. In case of the Death of the Father, the Disposition of
the Children of both Sexes, in Marriage, shall belong
to the Mother 81
IX. Where Brothers Defer the Marriage of their Sister, or
Where a Girl Marries Beneath her Station 81
X. Where the Items of a Dowry, relating to any kind of
Property, are reduced to Writing, it shall not be
Contested 82
TITLE II.--_Concerning Unlawful Marriages._
I. Where a Woman Marries within a Year after the
Death of her Husband 83
II. Where a Freeborn Woman Marries a Slave, or her own
Freedman 83
III. Where a Freeborn Woman Marries the Slave of
Another, or a Freeborn Man the Female Slave of
Another 84
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