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| ID |
5303 |
| Text |
Liutprand Leges Anni V (717 - 717) Liutprand |
| Quotation |
Si qualiscumque causa inter conlibertus aut parentis convenerit aut acta fuerit, et homines boni tres aut quattuor interfuerent, non reprovetur postea ipsa causa … Si quidem per wadia oblicatio facta fuerit et intention pro hoc fuerit excitata in eo iudicio maneat sicut in anteriori edicto legitur quod gloriosissimo rothari rex instituit. |
| Translation |
If any agreement is reached between fellow freemen or relatives, and three or four good men are present as witnesses, the agreement may not be denied later … If indeed an obligation has been made and pledges given and controversy has arisen on account of this, it shall be adjudicated afterwards as is read in an earlier law established by the most glorious King Rothari.
(Emended from K. Fischer-Drew, trans., The Lombard Laws (1973), pp. 147-48) |
| Summary |
Liutprand, No. 8 establishes that agreements made between fellow freemen (conlibertus) or family (parentis) in the presence of three or four good men (homines boni) should not be denied. It then continues to define good men, and the legal process to be followed should it be believed that they have attempted to conceal the truth. The law then concludes by providing a cross-reference to the laws of Rothari, wherethe legal process for adjucation when there is some controversy is detailed. |
| Quotation source |
MGH, LL 4, 1868 (F. Bluhme), p. 110 |
| Temporal Coverage |
643 - 717 |
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| Comment |
The Liutprand Leges Anno V form part of the Leges Liutprandi [Text, ID:1098] and in turn are part of the collected Edictus Langobardorum [Text, ID:984]. |
