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THE LAW OF THE WE8TGOTH8.
ËAETTAE AER BARDAGHAE BOLKÆR.
This Is the code on assault.
1.
If someone is struck and a breach of peace committed l) then he shall
announce the case at his home, who assaulted him, and set a
seventh-night-thing. 2) On the seventh day shall the seventh-night-thing be held, a true
seventh-night-thing with them, if they wish. Then shall he let be brought
forth eyewitnesses’ testimony, that his honor was belittled and his personal
peace and security broken. Then the other shall bring forth reference
testimony 3). Then he shall be called before the thing of all Goths i). Then he shall
be called before the oneday thing at his home, thingmen’s testimony be taken,
to prove against him a case of assault with two twelfths. Then shall the
eyewitnesses take oath with two twelfths. Then shall he bring forth a legal offer
for himself, if he wishes to defend his freedom. A jury from the Fourth if he
is falsely accused.
1. If he offers legal fines, that is eight örtugs, and five marks. One örtug
less than eleven ore shall the county have, and likewise the king. At the
saeg-narthing he shall bring forth a legal offer for himself, and then let himself be
adjudged peace.
2. Will he not offer fines, then shall the plaintiff let himself be judged at
the thing, prove by eyewitnesses that he accomplished all on oneday against
his peace, that the law demands. Let him then be declared an outlaw at the
thing.
1) Friper a brutin: His peace broken, disturbed. His personal freedom
infringed upon.
2) Siunætting: Seventh-night-thing. A thing held on the seventh day
after the day on which it was announced.
8) Skærskutæ vitni: Reference testimony. The testimony of the witness,
that the case had been referred to him for inspection and consideration.
Skærskutæ : to refer to present or invited witnesses.
4) Aldra got® ping: The thing of all Goths. The original home of the
Goths (Gautar) in Sweden was Västergötland. The highest tribunal of the
land was aldra gotæ ping. And even after the Goths had spread beyond the
boundaries of their native state and established separate jurisdictions in the
adjacent states, the landsping or supreme court of Västergötland was called
by its old name: Aldra gotæ ping. At this thing all freemen had a right to
appear, and here the lawman (laghmapær) was always present. The
lagh-mapær was an important person. He was not only the chief justice of the
state, who gathered and made the laws and yearly read them at the thing,
but it seems also, that he was in fact a governor or petty king.
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