THE
ENACTMENTS OF JUSTINIAN. THE NOVELS. |
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CONCERNING
A WOMAN WHO MARRIES HER RAVISHER. |
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( S. P. Scott, The Civil Law, XVII, Cincinnati, 1932 ). |
The
present constitution confirms the penalties prescribed by the former
one, which sets forth that a woman who allowed herself to be carried
away cannot marry her ravisher. If, however, she should marry him, she
shall not succeed to his estate, no matter what may be her religion
or her age. If, on the other hand, she should not marry him, she will
be entitled to all his property. If the father of the girl who permitted
herself to be carried off consents for her to marry her ravisher, he
shall be sent into exile. If he should die without having given his
consent, the property of the ravisher shall be confiscated, if the girl
who was ravished should contract a prohibited marriage with him. |
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