The Twelve Tables by Anonymous
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day[11] to cry[12] before the doorway [of the witness's house].
TABLE III. DEBT 1. Of debt acknowledged and for matters judged in court (_in iure_) thirty days shall be allowed by law [for payment or for satisfaction].[13] 2. After that [elapse of thirty days without payment] hand shall be laid on (_manus iniectio_) [the debtor]. He shall be brought into court (_in ius_). 3. Unless he (the debtor) discharge the debt or unless some one appear in court (_in iure_) to guarantee payment for him, he (the creditor) shall take [the debtor] with him. He shall bind [him] either with thong or with fetters, of which the weight shall be not less than fifteen pounds or shall be more, if he (the creditor) choose. 4. If he (the debtor) choose, he shall live on his own [means]. If he live not on his own [means], [the creditor,] who shall hold him in bonds, shall give [him] a pound of bread daily; if he (the creditor) shall so desire, he shall give [him] more. 5. Unless they (the debtors) make a compromise, they (the debtors) shall be held in bonds for sixty days. During those days they shall be brought to [the magistrate] into the _comitium_ (meeting-place) on three successive market-days and the amount for which they have been |
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