We also hereby decree that if the property in dispute should consist
of different articles, and should be situated in different places, an
order issued by the judge relating to any one of said articles shall
have the same force as if it related to all. The form of the order
issued by the judge shall be as follows:--
ITEM.
WRIT OF INFORMATION. THE JUDGE TO THE BAILIFF.
We inform you that such-and-such a person claims property in the
possession of so-and-so, and we hereby order you to place said property
in the possession of said claimant, in the presence of two or three
witnesses; to be left in his possession for the space of eight days
only, according to the provisions of the law; and if you should find
any property to which the seal of the owner thereof is not attached,
you will attach your own seal thereto, to remain unbroken for the
aforesaid term of eight days, in order to remove all cause of dispute
or opportunity for fraud; and none of said property shall be removed by
you.
=FLAVIUS RECESVINTUS, KING.=
=VI. The Limitation of Thirty Years shall not Run while Persons are
Exiled.=
The more humanity is oppressed by misfortune, the more we should
provide by our clemency for the evils with which it is afflicted.
Wherefore, whenever any person of noble rank, or any freeman, or even
a slave, is confined in prison, or sent into exile, by order of the
king; and should afterwards be liberated, or pardoned, and return to
his country, and anyone should have claimed any of his property during
his absence; the time which he passed in confinement or exile shall not
be counted as a part of the thirty or fifty year limitation barring a
claim, or action at law; but the time during which he was imprisoned,
or absent from the country, and unable to assert his rights, shall be
excepted from the period of limitation aforesaid. In all other cases
the laws which have already established periods of limitation relating
to claims and actions at law, shall remain in force hereafter.
=FLAVIUS EGICA, KING.=
=VII. Within what Time Slaves Belonging to the Crown can Again be
Reduced to Slavery.=
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