The Twelve Tables by Anonymous
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page 16 of 34 (47%)
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... the legal action (_actio_) against guardians (tutor) [shall be]
for double [damages]. 22. If a patron (_patronus_) shall have defrauded a client (_cliens_), he shall be forfeited solemnly (_sacer_).[53] 23. Whoever shall have allowed himself to be called as a witness or shall have been a scales-bearer (_libripens_),[54] if he [as a witness] pronounce not his testimony, he shall be dishonored and incapable of giving evidence (_intestabilis_). 24. The penalty for false testimonies [is] that any person who has been convicted of speaking false witness [shall be] precipitated from the Tarpeian Rock. 25. If a weapon has sped from one's hand rather than [if the wielder] has hurled [it, ... he shall atone for the accidental deed by providing] the substitution of a ram [as a peace-offering to prevent blood-revenge]. 26. [For administering] a noxious drug ... 27. No person shall hold nocturnal meetings in the city. 28. Members of guilds have the power to make for themselves any binding rule which they may wish, provided that they violate nothing in accordance with public law (_publica lex_). |
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