Chapter IV: 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Contract cannot be Rescinded 77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

IV. Where a Freedwoman, or a Freedman, Marries the
Slave of Another 85

V. Where Anyone gives in Marriage his Slave, of Either
Sex, to the Slave of Another 85

VI. Where a Woman contracts a Second Marriage in the
Absence of her Husband 86

VII. Where a Master Marries one of his Slaves to a Freewoman
declaring him to be a Freeman 86

VIII. Where a Freewoman Marries without the Consent of
her Parents 87

TITLE III.--_Concerning the Rape of Virgins, or Widows._

I. Where a Freeman carries off a Freewoman by Force,
he shall not be permitted to Marry her, if she was a
Virgin 88

II. Where Parents remove their Daughter from the Power
of a Ravisher 89

III. Where the Parents of a Girl, who has been Betrothed,
consent that she should be Carried Away by Another 90

IV. Where Brothers, either during the Life of their Father,
or after his Death, consent that Anyone should
Carry Away their Sister by Force 90

V. Where Anyone Carries Away by Violence a Woman
who was Betrothed to Another 90

VI. Where a Ravisher is Killed 91

VII. Within what Time it is Lawful to Prosecute a Ravisher;
and Whether any Marriage Contract can be entered
into with Him by the Girl or her Parents 91

VIII. Where a Slave carries off a Freewoman by Force 92

IX. Where a Slave carries off a Freedwoman by Force 92

X. Where a Slave carries off the Female Slave of Another
by Force 92

XI. Concerning those who Deceive Girls, or the Wives of
Others, or Widows; and Concerning those who
Compel by Force, and without the Royal Command,
any Freeborn Girl or Widow to take a Husband 93

XII. Concerning Freemen and Slaves who are Proved to
have been Implicated in the Crime of Rape 93

TITLE IV.--_Concerning Adultery._

I. Where a Woman Commits Adultery, with or without
the Connivance of her Husband 95

II. Where a Girl or a Woman who has been Betrothed, is
found Guilty of Adultery 95

III. Concerning the Adultery of a Wife 96

IV. Where an Adulterer, along with an Adulteress, are
Killed 96

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

VII. Concerning Adultery committed with the Concubine of
a Father or a Brother 111

TITLE VI.--_Concerning Divorce, and the Separation of Persons who
have been Betrothed._

I. Where a Woman, justly or unjustly, is Separated from
her Husband 113

II. There shall be No Divorce between Married Persons 114

III. There shall be No Divorce between Persons who are
Betrothed 116