| Keywords |
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| ID |
5196 |
| Text |
Edictus Rothari (643 - 643) Rothari, Rothair |
| Quotation |
Si quis leprosus effectus fuerit, et cognitum fuerit iudici vel populo certa rei veritas, et expulsus foris a civitate aut casam suam, ita ut solus inhabitet, non sit ei licentia res suas alienare aut thingare cuilibet personae. Quia in eadem diae, quando a domo expulsus est, tamquam mortuus habetur. Tamen dum advixerit, de rebus quas reliquerit, pro mercedis intuitu nutriatur. |
| Translation |
If anyone is aftlicted with leprosy and the truth of the matter is recognized by the judge or by the people and the leper is expelled from the civitas [district] or from his house so that he lives alone, he shall not have the right to alienate his property or give it to anyone. Because on the day that he is expelled from his home, it is as if he had died. Nevertheless, while he lives he should be nourished on the income from that which remains.
(K. Fischer-Drew, trans., The Lombard Laws (1973), p. 83) |
| Summary |
Rothari, No. 176 establishes that a person driven from their home or district due to being confirmed as a leper is to be legally treated as if they are dead, and is no longer able to own, alienate or gift their former property. However, the law concludes by saying that they should, nevertheless, continue to be nourished by the income of their former property. |
| Quotation source |
MGH, LL 4, 1868 (F. Bluhme), p. 41 |
| Temporal Coverage |
643 - 643 |
| Associated use case(s) |
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| Comment |
The Edictus Rothari forms part of the collected Edictus Langobardorum [Text, ID:984]. |
