| Keywords |
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| ID |
5403 |
| Text |
[I] Ratchis Leges p. chr. 745 vel 746 (745 - 746) Ratchis |
| Quotation |
Si quis vero arimannus aut quislibet homo ad iudicem suum prius non ambulaverit et iudicem de iudice suo non susceperit et post iustitiam suam receptram sic venerit ad nos proclamare conponat ad ipsum iudicem suum solidod quinquaginta. Propterea precipimus omnibus ut debeat revertere unusquisque causam habentem ad civitatem suum ad iudicem suum et nuntiare debeat causam suam iudici suo… |
| Translation |
If an arimannus [freeman] or someone else does not first go to his iudicem [judge] for a judgment but, in seeking justice, appeals first to us, he shall pay fifty solidi as composition to his judge. For we make known to all that anyone who has a case should first go to the judge of his civitas [district] and make his complaint known to that judge…
(Emended from K. Fischer-Drew, trans., The Lombard Laws (1973), p. 217) |
| Summary |
Ratchis, No. 2 establishes a fifty solidi composition to be paid to the judge of his district, should a freeman or somebody else not go to him first for justice and instead goes straight to the king. The law then states that if a person does not have enough wealth to pay the fifty solidi composition, they are to be beaten instead. |
| Quotation source |
MGH, LL 4, 1868 (F. Bluhme), p. 184 |
| Temporal Coverage |
745 - 746 |
| Associated use case(s) |
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| Comment |
The Ratchis Leges (I) form part of the Leges Ratchis [Text, ID:1116] and in turn are part of the collected Edictus Langobardorum [Text, ID:984]. |
