The Earliest Attempt for the Romans to Develop a Code of Law is Reflected in
The 12 Tables
TABLE NUMBER |
BASIC OVERVIEW |
ROMAN INTERPRETATION |
Table I |
Procedure For Courts and Trials |
If A Plaintiff is Summoned To Court, He Shall Go |
Table II |
Trials Continued |
Whoever Is In Need of a Evidence, Shall Call a Witness |
Table III |
Debt |
When Debt is Acknowledged, 30 Days is the Legitimate Grace Period |
Table IV |
Rights of Fathers Over Families |
A Dreadfully Deformed Child Shall Be Killed |
Table V |
Legal Guardianship and Inhiertance Laws |
Females Shall Remain in Guardianship and Spendthrifts Shall Not Have Control Over Money |
Table VI |
Acquisition and Possessions |
When a Party Makes A Bond, What He Has Named By Word, Shall Hold True.
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Table VII |
Crimes |
If Anyone Has Sung in Slander Against Another, They Shall Be Clubbed To Death. If Anyone Has Maimed Another, The Retaliation Shall Be The Same. |
Table VIII |
Laws of Real Property |
A Space of 2.5ft Must Be Left Between Buildings |
Table IX |
Public Law |
When a Judge is Appointed to Hear A Case, Accepts Money or Other Gifts, For the Purpose of Influencing His Decision, He Shall Suffer The Penalty of Death |
Table X |
Religious Law |
Women Shall Not During A Funeral, Tear Their Cheeks With Their Nails, Nor Shall They Utter Loud Cries Bewailing The Dead. |
Table XI |
Supplement To Ten Tables |
Those Who Belong To The Senatorial Order Shall Not Contract Marriage With Plebians |
Table XII |
Supplement II To The Ten Tables |
If A Slave Should Commit A Theft or Cause Damage, His Master Shall Be Given Up To The Other Party By Way of Reparation |