TWELVE TABLES
   
( About 451-449 BC )
 
Giovanni Paolo Panini, View of Rome from Mt. Mario, In the Southeast (detail), 1749, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.
 
( M. H. Crawford, Roman Statutes, II, London, 1996, pp. 555-721, n. 40 ).
 
 
I  II  III  IV  V  VI   VII  VIII  IX  X  XI  XII  FRAGMENTS
 
 
Table I
 
 
1. – If he (i.e., anyone) summons to a pre-trial, ?he (the defendant) is to go;? if he does not go, he (the plaintiff) is to call to witness; then he is to take him (Porph., ad Hor. Sat., 1, 9, 74-78 ; Auct., Her., 2, 13, 19 ; Cic., de leg., 2, 9 ; Gell., 20, 1, 25 ; Fest., 67 L ; Tab. I, 2-3).
2. – If he (the defendant) delays or drags feet, he (the plaintiff) is to lay a hand on (Fest., 408-410 L, 232 L ; Non., 1, 6 Mercerus ; Gai., 1 ad XII tab., D., 50, 16, 233, pr.).
3. – If there is illness or age, he (the plaintiff) is to provide a yoked beast of burden; if he shall be unwilling, he is not to prepare a carriage (Gell., 20, 1, 9-29).
4. – For an assiduus an assiduus is to be guarantor. For a proletarius ?citizen? whoever shall wish is to be guarantor (Gell., 16, 10, 2-6 ; Cic., top., 10 ;  Non., 1, 67 Mercerus).
5. – A nex[us (?) ---] for forctis and sanas [---] (Fest., 426-428 L, 474 L, 74 L, 91 L).
6. – He (the plaintiff) is to plead, where they agree (Auct., Her., 2, 13, 20 ; Prisc., Inst. gramm., 10, 32).
7. – If they do not agree, they are to present their case in the Comitium or the Forum before midday. They are to finish bringing action together, both present (Auct., Her., 2, 13, 20 ; Gell., 17, 2, 10 ; Quint., 1, 6, 11).
8. – After midday he is to confirm the suit to the one present (Gell., 17, 2, 10 ; Censorin., de die nat., 23).
9. – If both are present, sunset is to be the last time (Gell., 17, 2, 10 ; Varr., l. L., 6, 5 ; 7, 51 ; Macr., Sat., 1, 3, 14 ; Fest., 396 L ; Censorin., de die nat., 24).
10. – ... sureties ... secondary sureties ... (Gell., 16, 10, 7-8).
11. – ... ?for the third day? ... ?for the day after the morrow? ...  If they engage by hand at a pre-trial, <<<if it is for more than 1,000, the oath is to be for 500; if less, it is to be for 50. If he claims as free, it is to be for 50.>>> (= Schoell, II, 1 ; = Bruns, II, 1 ; = FIRA, II, 1 a ; Gaius, 4, 14 ; Cic., Mur., 27 ; Varr., l. L., 5, 180 ; Fest., 468 L, 466 L, 467 L ; D., 50, 16, 233, 1 / = Schoell, VI, 5 ; = Bruns, VI, 5 a ; = FIRA, VI, 6 a ; Gell., 20, 10, 7-9 ; Cic., Mur., 26 ; Cic., de or., 1, 41 ; Varr., l. L., 6, 64 ; Val. Prob., 4, 4 / = Schoell, VI, 6 ; = Bruns, VI, 6 ; = FIRA, VI, 7 ; Liv., 3, 44, 11. 12 ; Dion., 11, 30 ; D., 1, 2, 2, 24).
12. – <<<If he sues on the basis of a sponsio, he is to demand a judge or arbiter.>>> (= FIRA II, 1 b ; Gaius, 4, 17 ; Cic., Mur., 27).
13. – If he has maimed a part (of a body), unless he settles with him, there is to be talion (= Schoell, VIII, 2 ; = Bruns, VIII, 2 ; = FIRA, VIII, 2 ; Gaius, 3, 223 ; Paul., Sent., 5, 4, 6 ; Gell., 20, 1, 14 ; Fest. 496 L, 320 L, 321 L ; Isidor., 5, 27, 24 ; Prisc., Inst. gramm., 6, 69).
14. – If he has broken a bone of a free man, 300, if of a slave, 150 (asses) are to be the penalty (= Schoell, VIII, 3 ; = Bruns, VIII, 3 ; = FIRA, VIII, 3 ; Paul., Coll., 2, 5, 5 ; Gaius, 3, 223 ; Gell., 20, 1, 32 ; Prisc., Inst. gramm., 6, 69).
15. – If he do (any other) injury ?to another?, 25 (asses) are to be the penalty (= Schoell, VIII, 4 ; = Bruns, VIII, 4 ; = FIRA, VIII, 4 ; Gaius, 3, 223 ; Gell., 20, 1, 12 ; Coll., 2, 5, 5 ; Fest., 508 L ; Gell., 16, 10, 8).
16. – <<<If he shall have felled a productive tree, 25 (asses) are to be the penalty.>>> (= Schoell, VIII, 10 ; = Bruns, VIII, 11 ; = FIRA, VIII, 11 ; Plin., N.H., 17, 1, 7 ; Fronto, ad amicos, 2, 7, 14 ; Gaius, 4, 11 ; Gai., D., 19, 2, 25, 5 ; Paul., D., 12, 2, 28, 6 ; Gai., 1 ad XII tab., D., 47, 7, 2 ; Gai., 1 ad XII tab., D., 47, 7, 4 ; Paul., D., 47, 7, 1 ; Paul., D., 47, 7, 11).
17. – If he commit theft by night <and> he killed him, he is to be lawfully killed (= Schoell, VIII, 11 ; = Bruns, VIII, 12 ; = FIRA, VIII, 12 ; Gai., D., 9, 2, 4, 1 ; Plautus, Trin., 864 ; Gell., 11, 18, 6 ; Cic., p. Mil., 3, 9 ; Coll., 7, 1-3 ; Aug., Quaest. in Hept., 2, 84 ; Gell., 8, fr. 1 ; Gell., 20, 1, 7 ; Macr., Sat., 1, 4, 19 ; Cic., p. Tull., 20, 47).
18. – If <he commit theft> by day <and> he defended himself with a weapon, ... and he is to call out (= Schoell, VIII, 12 ; = Bruns, VIII, 13 ; = FIRA, VIII, 13 ; D., 9, 2, 4, 1 ; Gell., 11, 18, 6 ; Cic., p. Mil., 3, 9 ; Paul., Coll., 7, 2, 1 ; Ulp., Coll., 7, 3, 2 ; Aug., Quaest. in Hept., 2, 84 ; Cic., p. Tull., 20, 47 ;  Fest., 67 L, 402 L ; Gai., D., 47, 2, 55, 2 ; Gai., 1 ad XII tab., D., 50, 16, 233, 2).
19. – <<<If the theft is manifest, unless he settles, he (the magistrate) is to flog (him)>>> and he is to hand (him) over. <<<If (he is) a slave, he is to flog (him) and he is to hurl (him) from the rock. If he is below puberty, he is to flog (him) and he (the thief) is to repair the damage.>>> (= Schoell, VIII, 13 ; = Bruns, VIII, 14 ; = FIRA, VIII, 14 ; Gaius, 3, 189 ; 4, 111 ; Gell., 11, 18, 8. 10 ; 11, 18, 18 ; 6, 15, 1 ; 20, 1, 7 ; D., 2, 14, 7, 14 ; Fest., 402 L, 466 L ; Serv., ad Aen., 8, 205 ; Isidor., 5, 26, 18).
20. – <If> with lanx and licium <<<he shall have sought, and if he shall have found, the theft is to be manifest.>>> (= Schoell, VIII, 14 ; = Bruns, VIII, 15 ; = FIRA, VIII, 15 ; Gaius, 4, 173 ; Gaius, 3, 186. 187. 191. 192 ; Gell., 16, 10, 8 ; 11, 18, 9. 12 ; Fest., 104 L ; Glossa Taurinensia, § 936 Alberti).
21. – ... if he accuses of theft which shall be not manifest, <<<double is to be the penalty.>>> (= Schoell, VIII, 15 ; = Bruns, VIII, 16 ; = FIRA, VIII, 16 ; Gaius, 3, 190 ; Gell., 11, 18, 15 ; Cato, de agr., praef. ; Gaius, 4, 37 ; D., 4, 4, 9, 2 ; Iust., Cod., 6, 2, 13 ; Fest., 158 L).
22. – <<<In respect of a stolen thing auctoritas is to be everlasting.>>> (= Schoell, VIII, 16 ; = Bruns, VIII, 17 ; = FIRA, VIII, 17 ; Gaius, 2, 45. 49).
 
Table II
 
 
1. – Whoever shall have been lacking witness, he is to go every other day to complain at the entrance passage (= Schoell, II, 3 ; = Bruns, II, 3 ; = FIRA, II, 3 ; Fest., 262 L, 514 L).
2. – ... a definite disease ... or a day (of trial) – fixed ?and for which notice has been served? – with a foreigner ... whichever of these things there has been, for a judge or arbiter or party <that> day is to be postponed (D., 2, 11, 2, 3 ; Fest., 372 L, 464 L ; Gell., 20, 1, 27 ; Cic., de off., 1, 37 ; Plaut., Curc., 3-6 ; Varr., l. L., 5, 3 ; D., 50, 16, 234, pr. ; Fest., 336 L).
 
Table III
 
 
1. – In respect of an admitted sum <and of a thing judged>, there are to be the ?30? lawful days (Gell., 20, 1, 42-45 ; 15, 13, 11 ; lex coloniae genitivae, c. 61 ; Gaius, 3, 78).
2. – Next afterwards there is to be laying on of a hand (Gell., 20, 1, 45).
3. – He (the plaintiff) is to take (him) to a pre-trial. Unless he does what has been judged or anyone acts as a guarantor in respect of him at a pre-trial, he (the plaintiff) is to take (him) with himself. He is to bind (him) with rope or shackles. He is to bind (him) with not <more> than fifteen pounds or <less> if he shall wish (Gell., 20, 1, 45 ; Gai., 2 ad XII tab., D., 50, 16, 234, 1).
4. – If he (the defendant) shall wish, he is to live off his own. If he does not live off his own, he who shall have him bound is to give him a pound of spelt a day. If he shall wish, he is to give him more (Gell., 20, 1, 45 ; Gai., 2 ad XII tab., D., 50, 16, 234, 2).
5. – <<<On three successive market-days, he is to produce (him) in the Comitium.>>> (Gell., 20, 1, 47).
6. – <<<Unless he settles,>>> on the third market-day they are to ??? ??? If they have ??? more or less, it is to be without liability (Gell., 20, 1, 49 ; Quint., 3, 6, 83-84 ; Tert., Apol., 4, 9).
7. – <<<If he (the plaintiff) shall wish, he is to sell (the defendant) beyond the Tiber.>>> (Gell., 20, 1, 47).
 
Table IV
 
 
1. – <<<If he is born deformed, and if he does not pick him up, it is to be without liability.>>> (Cic., de leg., 3, 8, 19 ; frag. Gai August., 4, 86).
2. – If a father thrice sell a son, from the father the son is to be free (Gaius, 1, 132 ; Ulp., Reg., 10, 1 ; Dion., 2, 27, 3. 4 ; D., 2, 14, 48).
3. – <<<He is to send notification of rejection.>>> (Cic., phil., 2, 69 ; Gai., 3 ad XII tab., D., 48, 5, 44).
4. – <<<If he is born after ten months ...>>> (Ulp., 14 ad Sabinum, D., 38, 16, 3, 9. 11 ; Gell., 3, 16, 12).
 
Table V
 
 
1. – A Vestal virgin <<<is to be free of tutela.>>> (Gaius 1, 144. 145 ; Gell., 1, 12, 9. 18).
2. – <<<To a woman her guardian is to be auctor.>>> (Gaius, 2, 47 ; 2, 80).
3. – As he has disposed by will concerning his familia ?or goods?, or guardianship, so is there to be source of rights (D., 38, 6, 1, pr. ; Auct., Her., 1, 13, 23 ; Cic., de inv., 2, 148 ; Gaius, 2, 224 ; Iust., Inst., 2, 22, pr. ; Pomp., D., 50, 16, 120 ; Iust., Nov., 22, 2, pr. ; Ulp., Reg., 11, 3, 14 ; Paul., D., 50, 16, 53, pr.).
4. – If he dies intestate, to whom there be no suus heres, the nearest agnate is to have the familia ?and goods? (Auct., Her., 1, 13, 23 ; Cic., de inv., 2, 148 ; Ulp., Reg., 26, 1 = Coll., 16, 4, 1 ; Paul., D., 28, 2, 9, 2 ; Ulp., D., 50, 16, 195, 1).
5. – If there be no agnate, the gentiles are to have the familia . ?and goods? (Ulp., Reg., 26, 1 a = Coll., 16, 4, 2).
6. – <<<If there be no guardian, the nearest agnate is to have guardianship.>>> (Gaius 1, 155 ; Paul., D., 26, 4, 6 ; Gai., D., 26, 4, 9).
7. – If there be a madman ?or spendthrift?, power in respect of him <and his familia> ?and goods? is to belong to his agnates and gentiles (Auct., Her., 1, 13, 23 ; Cic., de inv., 2, 148 ; Cic., Tusc., 3, 5, 11 ; Cic., de rep., 3, 45 ; Varr., r. r., 1, 2, 8 ; Paul., ad ed., D., 50, 16, 53, pr. ; Porph., ad Hor. Sat., 2, 3, 217. 218 ; Ulp., D., 27, 10, 1, pr. ; Paul., Sent., 3, 4 a, 6. 7 ; Ulp., Reg., 12, 1-3 ; Ulp., D., 26, 1, 3, pr.-1 ; Gai., D., 27, 10, 13 ; Gaius, 2, 64 ; Iust., Inst., 1, 23, 3).
8. – If a freedman ... from that familia ... to that familia ... (Ulp., Reg., 29, 1 ; Gaius, 3, 40 ; Ulp., D., 50, 16, 195, 1 ; Vat. Fr., 308).
9-10. – <<<They are to collect and divide the familia. If he sues, he is to demand a judge or arbiter.>>> (9 : Paul, D., 10, 2, 25, 9. 13 ; Gai., D., 10, 2, 3 ; Ulp., D., 10, 2, 4, pr. ; Iust., Cod., 3, 36, 6 ; 2, 3, 26 / 10 : Gai., D., 10, 2, 1, pr. ; Fest., 72 L ; Non., 4, 265 Mercerus ; Quint., 7, 3, 13 ; Gell., 1, 9, 12 ; Cic., de or., 1, 237 ; Serv., ad Aen., 8, 642 ; Fest., 97 L ; PSI 1182 = Gaius, 3, 154 a-b ; Gaius, 2, 219).
 
Table VI
 
 
1. – When he shall perform nexum and mancipium, as his tongue has pronounced, so is there to be a source of rights (Fest. 176 L ; Cic., de or., 1, 245 ; Varr., l. L., 7, 105 ; Fest., 160 L, 162 L ; Cic., p. Caec., 102 ; Cic., p. Mur., 3 ; Cic., de har. resp., 14 ; Cic., de rep., 1, 27 ; Cic., de or., 3, 159 ; Cic., top., 28 ; Cic., Paradoxa Stoicorum, 35 ; Varr., l. L., 6, 85 ; Cic., de off., 3, 16, 65 ; Varr., l. L., 6, 60 ; Gaius, 2, 104 ; Gai., D., 2, 14, 48).
2. – <<<Unless he stand by (his pronouncement), double is to be the penalty.>>> (Cic., de off., 3, 16, 65).
1-2 (a). –  <<<Whoever shall have received ...>>> (Schoell, VII, 12 ; = Bruns, VII, 12 ; = FIRA, VII, 12 ; Ulp., Reg., 2, 1-4 ; Modest., D., 40, 7, 25 ; Pomp., D., 40, 7, 29, 1).
3. – For an estate auctoritas <is to be> two years. <?For other things? it is to be one year.> (Cic., p. Caec., 19, 54 ; Cic., top., 4, 23 ; Gaius, 2, 42-44 ; 2, 53-54 ; Ulp., Reg., 19, 8).
4. – Against a foreigner, auctoritas <is to be> everlasting (Cic., de off., 1, 12, 37).
5. – <<<If she is absent for three nights in a year ...>>> (Gaius, 1, 110-111 ; Gell., 3, 2, 12-13 ; Serv., in Georg., 1, 31).
6. – He is not to remove a linked beam from a house or a vineyard out of a joint (Fest., 502 L ; D., 47, 3, 1, pr.-1 ; 46, 3, 98, 8 ; 41, 1, 7, 10 ; 10, 4, 6 ; Paul., ad ed., D., 6, 1, 23, 6 ; Paul., D., 24, 1, 63 ; Gai., D., 50, 16, 235, 1).
9. – ... whenever pruned, until they shall have been removed ... (Fest., 474 L, 310 L).
 
Table VII
 
 
1. – The surround of a wall <is to be> two feet and a half (Varr., l. L., 5, 22 ; Cic., top., 24 ; CIL VI, 29788 ; Fest., 5 L, 15 L ; Isidor., 15, 16, 12 ; Maec., Ass. Distr., 46 ; D., 8, 2, 14).
2-5. – <<<The boundary between>>> land with a farm <<<or>>> a plot of land <<<is to be five feet.>>> If they disagree, <they are to demand arbiters.> (2 : Gai., l. 4 ad XII tab., D. 10, 1, 13 / 3 : Plin., N.H., 19, 4, 50 ; Fest., 91 L : Plin., N.H., 18, 39 ; Fest., 89 L, 486 L / 4-5 : Cic., de leg., 1, 21, 55 ; Non., 5, 430-431 Mercerus ; Isid., 5, 25, 11 ; D., 10, 2, 57 ; C. Th., 2, 26, 5).
6-7. – <<<A road is to be eight feet (wide), on a bend it is to be sixteen feet (wide).>>> They are to make roads. Unless they have placed stones along their own, he is to drive yoked beasts of burden, where he shall wish (Fest., 508 L ; Varr., l. L., 7, 15 ; Cic., p. Caec., 19, 54 ; Gai., D., 50, 16, 235, pr. ; Gai., D., 8, 3, 8 ; D., 8, 3, 13, 1-3).
8. – If rain-water damages, <<<he is to contain (it).>>> (D., 40, 7, 21, pr. ; Cic., top., 9, 39 ; Paul., D., 43, 8, 5 ; D., 39, 3, 3, 3 ; 39, 3, 1, 18).
9. –  <<<If a tree overhangs onto another's land, he is to cut it back above fifteen feet.>>> (D., 43, 27, 1, pr. and 7-9 ; Paul., Sent., 5, 6, 13).
 
Table VIII
 
 
1. – Whoever cast a magic spell ... <or whoever> sing in enmity <or> compose a song ... (Plin., N.H., 28, 2, 17 ; Fest., 190 L ; Cic., de rep., 4, 10, 12 ap. Aug., de civ. Dei, 2, 9 ; Aug., de civ. Dei, 2, 12-14 ; Hor., ep., 2, 1, 152-155 ; Corn., Ad. Pers. Sat., 1, 123 ; Porph., ad Hor. Sat., 2, 1, 82-83 ; ad Her., 4, 25, 35 ; D., 47, 10, 15, 3 ; Cic., Tusc., 4, 2, 4 ; Arnob., adv. gent., 4, 34 ; Paul., Sent., 5, 4, 6 ; Cic., Brut., 217 ; D., 50, 16, 236, pr.).
2. – If a quadruped <cause> loss, <<<unless he repair (it), he is to surrender (it) for the damage.>>> (= Schoell, VIII, 5 ; = Bruns, VIII, 6 ; = FIRA, VIII, 6 ;  frag. Gai August., 4, 81 ; Iust., Inst., 4, 9 pr. ; Ulp., 18 ad ed., D., 9, 1, 1 pr.-3 ; Paul., Sent., 1, 15, 1 ; Fest., 246 L).
3. – <<<He is not to send to pasture on fruit on another's land.>>>  (= Schoell, VIII, 6 and VII, 10 ; = Bruns, VIII, 7 and VII, 10 ; = FIRA, VIII, 7 and VII, 10 ; Ulp., 41 ad Sab., D., 19, 5, 14, 3 ; D., 10, 4, 9, 1 ; Gai., D., 50, 16, 236, 1 ; Plin., N.H., 16, 5, 15 ; D., 43, 28, 1, pr.-1).
4. – Whoever has bewitched fruits ... ?or whoever? has enticed the harvest of another ...  (= Schoell, VIII, 7 ; = Bruns, VIII, 8 ; = FIRA, VIII, 8 ; Plin., N.H., 28, 2, 17 ; Serv., ad Verg., ecl., 8, 95-99 ; Plin., N.H., 18, 6, 41 ; Aug., de civ. Dei, 8, 19 ; Apul. apolog., 47 ; Tibul., 1, 8, 19 ; Senec., Natural. Quaest, 4, 7 ; Mart., Capella, 9 § 928 ; Serv., ad Verg., ecl., 8, 71).
5. –  <<<If he has grazed or cut a crop by night, he is to be hanged for Ceres. If he is below puberty, he (the magistrate) is to flog (him) and he (the culprit) is to settle for a penalty at double.>>> (= Schoell, VIII, 8 ; = Bruns, VIII, 9 ; = FIRA, VIII, 9 ; Plin., N.H., 18, 3, 12).
6. – If he shall have burnt a building or a pile of corn placed near ?a house?, bound and beaten, by fire (he is to be killed.) If by chance ..., he is to repair the damage ... (= Schoell, VIII, 9 ; = Bruns, VIII, 10 ; = FIRA, VIII, 10 ; Gai., 4 ad XII tab., D., 47, 9, 9).
7. – (???Rates of interest???)  (= Schoell, VIII, 18 ; = Bruns, VIII, 18 ; = FIRA, VIII, 18 ; Tac., Ann., 6, 16 ; Cato, de r. r. praef.).
8. – (???Deposit???) (= Schoell, VIII, 19 ; = Bruns, VIII, 19 ; = FIRA, VIII, 19 ; Paul., Coll., 10, 7, 1 and 11).
9. – <<<If a guardian with wrongful deceit ... he is to settle for a penalty at double.>>> (= Schoell, VIII, 20 ; = Bruns, VIII, 20 ; = FIRA, VIII, 20 ; Ulp., D., 26, 10, 1, pr.-2 ; Tryph., D., 26, 7, 55, 1 ; Cic., de off., 3, 15, 61 ; Donat., ad Ter. Eun., 515 ; Cic., de or., 1, 36, 167 ; Iust., Inst., 4, 10, pr.).
10. – If a patron shall have done harm to a client, he is to be sacer (= Schoell, VIII, 21 ; = Bruns, VIII, 21 ; = FIRA, VIII, 21 ; Serv., ad Aen., 6, 609 ; Gell., 20, 1, 40).
11. – Whoever shall have allowed himself to bear witness or shall have been balance-holder, unless he stand by (his) evidence, he is to be unacceptable and unable to bear witness (= Schoell, VIII, 22 ; = Bruns, VIII, 22 ; = FIRA, VIII, 22 ; Gell., 15, 13, 11 ; 7, 7, 2. 3 ; Iust., Inst., 2, 10, 6 ; D., 28, 1, 26 ; Porph., ad Hor. Sat., 2, 3, 181 ; Prisc., Inst. gramm., 8, 17 ; Gloss. Taurin., § 218 Alberti).
12. – <<<If he shall have borne false witness, he (the magistrate) is to hurl (him) from the rock.>>> (= Schoell, VIII, 23 ; = Bruns, VIII, 23 ; = FIRA, VIII, 23 ; Gell., 20, 1, 53).
13. – If a weapon has escaped his hand rather than he has thrown it, <a ram is to be offered in substitution> (= Schoell, VIII, 24 ; = Bruns, VIII, 24 ; = FIRA, VIII, 24 ; Cic., p. Tull., 21, 51 ; Cic., top., 17, 64 ; Cic., de or., 3, 39, 158 ; Aug., de lib. arb., 1, 4, 9 ; Fest., 470 L, 476 L ; Gloss. Abauus, CGL IV, 350, 30).
14-15. – <<<He is not to hold a coetus.>>> (= Schoell, VIII, 27-28 ; = Bruns, VIII, 26-27 ; = FIRA, VIII, 26-27 ; Decl. in Cat., 65 Kristoferson ; Gai., 4 ad XII tab., D., 47, 22, 4 ; lex Flavia, c. 64 ; lex coloniae genitivae, c. 106).
 
Table IX
 
 
1-2, 6. – <<<Concerning the caput of a citizen, they are to pronounce under oath what they deem best for the community.>>> Concerning the caput of a citizen, <unless> the gathering <is> the fullest possible, they are not to carry (a measure) (1-2 : Cic., de domo, 17, 43 ; Cic., p. Sest., 30, 65 ; Cic., de rep., 2, 36, 61 ; Cic., de leg., 3, 4, 11 ; 3, 19, 44-45 ; Pomp., D., 1, 2, 2, 16 / 6 : Salv., Gub., 8, 5, 24 ; Aug., de civ. Dei, 1, 19 ; Cic., de domo, 4, 9 ; Cic., in Pis., 13, 30 ; Cic., de leg. agr., 2, 21, 56).
3. – (Oaths of judges) (Gell., 20, 1, 7. 8 ; Cic., de off., 3, 31, 111).
4. – (Lydus, de mag., 1, 26 ; Pomp., D., 1, 2, 2, 16. 23 ; Fest., 310 L, 247 L).
5. – (D., 48, 4, 2. 3 ; Bas., 60, 36, 2. 3).
 
Table X
 
 
1. – He is not to bury or burn a dead man in the city (Cic., de leg., 2, 23, 58 ; Serv., ad Aen., 11, 206).
2. – He is not do to do more than this: he is not to smooth the pyre with a trowel (Cic., de leg., 2, 23, 59).
3. – ... <three veils> ... a little purple tunic ... ten <flautists> ... (Cic., de leg., 2, 25, 64 ; Fest., 342 L ; Non., 14, 542 Mercerus).
4. – Women are not to mutilate their cheeks or hold a wake for the purposes of holding a funeral (Cic., de leg., 2, 23, 59 ; Cic., de leg., 2, 25, 64 ; Plin., N.H., 11, 58, 157 ; Serv., ad Aen., 12, 606 ; Fest., 338 L ; Serv., ad Aen., 3, 67 ; Cic., Tusc., 2, 23, 55).
5. – He is not to collect the bones of a dead man, in order to hold a funeral afterwards, <but ...> (Cic., de leg., 2, 24, 60 ; D., 3, 2, 25, 1).
6. – <He is not to place perfumed liquid on a dead man.> (Prohibition of circumpotatio.) <He is to scatter a pyre with not more than ??? wine.> (Cic., de leg., 2, 24, 60 ; Fest., 150-152 L ; Plin., N.H., 14, 12, 88 ; Fest., 318 L, 319 L).
7. – Whoever win a crown himself or his <familia>, or it be given to him for bravery, <and it is placed on him or his parent when dead, it is to be without liability.> ... <incense altars> ... (Plin., N.H., 21, 3, 7 ; Serv., ad Aen., 11, 80 ; Fest., 73 L, 17 L).
8. – ... nor is he to add gold, <but> for whomsoever the teeth are joined with gold, and if he shall bury or burn it with him, it is to be without liability (Cic., de leg., 2, 24, 60).
9. – <<<He is not to place a bustum within sixty feet of another's house.>>> (Cic., de leg., 2, 24, 61).
10. – <<<A fore-court or bustum is to be religiosus.>>> (Cic., de leg., 2, 24, 61).
 
Table XI
 
 
1. – <<<There is not to be conubium with>>> the plebs  (Cic., de rep., 2, 61-63 ;  ; Gai., 6 ad XII tab., D., 50, 16, 238, pr.).
2. – (Macr., Sat., 1, 13, 20-21 ; Ovid, Fasti, II, 47-54).
3. – (Cic., p. Mur., 11, 25 ; Cic., ad Att., 6, 1).
 
Table XII
 
 
1. – <<<If he shall have taken a pledge for sacred purposes ...>>> (Gaius, 4, 27-28 ; Gai., 6 ad XII tab., D., 50, 16, 238, 2 ; Fest., 166 L ; Quint., 7, 3, 13).
2. – If a slave commit theft or cause damage, <<<he is to be given for the damage.>>> (Gaius, 4, 75-77 ; Ulp., D., 9, 4, 2, 1 ; Fest., 180 L, 181 L ; Gai., 6 ad XII tab., D., 50, 16, 238, 3 ; D., 44, 7, 56 ; 47, 6, 5).
3. – If he has brought a false claim, he (the magistrate) is to appoint three arbiters of the suit; by their arbitration he (the defendant) is to settle for a penalty at double (Fest., 516-518 L ; Gaius, 4, 16 ; 4, 94 ; Gai., 6 ad XII tab., D., 22, 1, 19, pr.).
4. – <<<If he has dedicated (the object) for sacred purposes ...>>> (Gai., 6 ad XII tab., D., 44, 6, 3).
5. – (Liv., 7, 17, 12 ; Liv., 9, 33, 8-9 ; Liv., 9, 34, 6. 7).
 
Unattributed fragments
 
 
Fest., 158 L ; Gai., 6 ad XII tab., D., 50, 16, 238, 1 ; Goetz, Adnotationes, §III ; CGL, 2, 56, 4 ; Vat. Fr., 50 ; Gaius, 1, 122 ; Iust., Inst., 2, 1, 40. 41 ; Fest. 430 L, 431 L ; Aug., de civ. Dei, 21, 11 ; Isidor., Orig., 5, 27, 4 ; Plin., N.H., 7, 212 ; Sidon. Apoll., Ep., 8, 6, 7 ; Fest., 166 L, 310 L, 402 L, 480 L ; Donat., ad Ter. Eun., 3, 3, 9 ; Cic., de rep., 2, 31, 54 ; Cic., de off., 3, 31, 111 ; Gai., 5 ad XII tab., D., 50, 16, 237.