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68 THE BURGUNDIAN CODE 2. If indeed she is without father or brothers, and she receives a husband, it is pleasing that the mother receive a third part of the wittimon, and the nearest relatives another third. 3. If she does not have a mother, let her sisters receive that third.= LXVII THIS MUST BE OBSERVED CONCERNING FORESTS. If any persons have cultivated fields of their own or lands tilled by serfs, let them know the forest must be divided among them according to the extent of their holdings and the proportion of the total in their possession; nevertheless let half the clearings in the forests be left for the R0mans.l LXVIII 1. If adulterers are discovered, let the man and woman be killed. 2. This must be observed: either let him (the injured party) kill both of them, or if he killsonly one of them, let him pay the wergeld of that one according to that customary wergeld which has been established in earlier laws. LXIX 1. If a woman enters upon a second marriage, let her wittimon be claimed by the nearest relatives of the first husband. 2. If indeed she wishes to take a third husband, let the wittimon which the husband gives go to the woman. LXX 1. If a native freeman and a slave commit a theft together, let the freeman pay triple the value of what was stolen, provided it was 1 These laws seem to account for two-thirds of the wittimon. Could the other third be the girl's wedding gift or portion? Cf. LXII, 2; LXXXVI, 2. 1Cf. LN, 2. ...

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