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66 THE BURGUNDIAN CODE confirmed by legal written documents, or at any rate, let what he wishes to bestow or give obtain validity from the witness of five native freemen, and let the property be transferred to the jurisdiction of him to whom it has been granted. 3. If a sufficient number of native freemen is not present, we permit freedmen to render testimony. And among the native freemen, it is fitting that a number of our (royal) slaves be admitted (to give testimony), provided that witnesses are pledged (bound) by the hand (manus)of him who wishes to give or transfer anything, or if a question is raised regarding the trustworthiness of a witness, according to the custom of the barbarians, let him take oath. LXI OF WOMEN WHO WILLINGLY SEEK UNION WITH A MAN.] Whatever woman, barbarian by nation, enters into union with a man willingly and secretly, let her wedding price be paid in fee simple to her relatives; and he to whom she has been joined in an adulterous union may be united afterward in marriage to another if he wishes. LXII OF ONLY SONS. 1. Let an only son, if his father is dead, leave a third part of his property for the use of his mother, provided nevertheless she does not take another husband; for if she enters another marriage, let her lose all. 2. Nevertheless, let her use her wedding gift (dos) l which she received from her husband, as long as she lives, and let the ownership be reserved for the son. Given on the tenth day of June, in the second year of our lord the king (517). 1 C f .XII, 3. 1 Cf. LXVI. ...
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