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BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS 33 is a woman and a nun, whatever she possessesin usufruct from her father's property shall go to the nearest relatives, and she will have no power of transferring anything therefrom, unless perhaps from her mother's goods, that is, from her clothing or things of the cell (~escellulae),~ or what she has acquired by her own labor. 7. We decree that this should be observed only by those whpse fathers have not given them portions; but if they shall have received from their father a place where they can live, let them have full freedom of disposing of it at their will. 1. If any freeborn Burgundian enters another's house to fight, let him pay six solidi to him to whom the house belongs; and let the fine be twelve solidi. Furthermore we wish this to be observed equally among Burgundians and Romans. 2. Indeed if a slave enters another's house by force or violence, let him receive a hundred blows for punishment, and let the master of the slave suffer no loss on that account. 1. If anyone has followed the tracks of an animal, and following those tracks comes to another's house, and if he to whose house he comes prohibits his entering the house to seek back his property , let him who drives him away from his house when he is making inquiry about that which he seeks back be held for punishment as a thief, with the further provision that it is not permitted a woman to deny questioning (to refuse to reply to an inquiry ). 2. But if perhaps a slave or a maidservant prohibits this when his or her master is absent, let him who prohibits it be held by law liable to punishment as a thief. 1 Rescellukze seems to be a compound of res and cellukze. Res is the classical Latin "things" while cellukz is vulgar Latin for "nun's room" or "apartment ." So rescellukze may mean "things"or "trappings of the cell." ...
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