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THE LAW OF" THE WE8TGOTH8.
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2.
A man aasaults an Englishman or a Southerner, pay as fine therefore to
the plaintiff one örtug less than seven ore, and four örtugs to the king.
1. The same fines are paid for a freedman, and six ore for a slave, if he is
assaulted.
8.
An adult assaults a minor, pay a fine of two ore. A minor shall pay the
same fine as he takes.
1. Two minors fight, one is wounded, pay a fine of two ore.
4.
A freeholder assaults his wife at the alefeast, pay her three marks. Does
he assault her in church, pay three marks. She shall add that to their
common property. Take it out, if they are separated by divorce or death.
5.
A man is hit by accident, neither blood nor blueness appears, that is called
the black hit. l) He has no right to fine in this case.
6.
If a man is falsely accused of murder, the judge of the county shall defend
him with two twelfths jurymen from the county.
7.
Are the fines for someone’s freedom unpaid, then shall a division of
property be demanded and the debt paid, to no one more than three marks.
Then the wife shall take her third and three marks as a morninggift. s)
Then the heir has right to take one half of what remains. What remains shall
then be divided into three parts, the plaintiff takes one, the king the second
and the county the third part.
8.
A woman kills a man — by poison or witcheraft—& closed jury convicts her,
then she shall have one day’s and one night’s liberty to the woods. Then she
1) ölbænk: Aleseat. Seat where one sat at the alefeast.
2) Suartæ slagh: Black hit. A dim mark, which does not plainly show,
and which therefore was doubtful.
3) Hindradaghs gæf: Morning gift. So called because it was given in the
morning of the day after the marriage, or, in some cases, because ownership in
this gift did not pass to the bride before the morning of the day after the
marriage.
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