V. Where her Father, or her Relatives, Kill a Girl who
has been Guilty of Adultery in their House 96
VI. It is not Lawful for Slaves to put Persons to Death
who are taken in Adultery 97
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 97
VIII. Where a Freeborn Woman commits Adultery with
Anyone 97
IX. Where a Freeborn Woman commits Adultery with the
Husband of Another 98
X. Slaves of Both Sexes may be Tortured to Reveal the
Adultery of their Masters 98
XI. Whether it shall be Lawful to set a Slave at Liberty,
in order to Conceal the Crime of Adultery 98
XII. Concerning the Property of Persons who have Committed
Adultery 99
XIII. Concerning those Persons who have a Right to bring
Accusations of Adultery, and what Proof of the
Crime should be Made 100
XIV. Where a Freedman, or a Slave, has been Convicted of
having committed Adultery, with Violence, upon a
Freeborn Virgin, or Widow 101
XV. Where a Freeman, or a Slave, without the Knowledge
his Master, commits Adultery with the Female
Slave of Another 102
XVI. Where a Female Slave is proved to have committed
Adultery with Another by Force 102
XVII. Concerning Freeborn Women, or Female Slaves, of
Bad Character, and Where Judges Refuse to
Investigate, or Punish their Crimes 102
XVIII. Concerning the Impurity of Priests and other Ministers
of Religion 104
TITLE V.--_Concerning Incest, Apostacy, and Pederasty._
I. Concerning Incestuous and Adulterous Marriages in
General 106
II. Concerning Incestuous and Adulterous Marriages
and Debauchery, either with Holy Virgins, or with
Widows and other Women while doing Penance 107
III. Concerning Men and Women who Illegally Assume
the Tonsure and Dress of Religious Orders 108
IV. Concerning the Restraint of Fraud Peculiar to Widows 109
V. Concerning Pederasty 110
VI. Concerning Sodomy, and the Manner in which the
Law should be Enforced 111
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