Law of the Twelve Tables

1. Institutes of Roman Law Gaius 5 authority 5 citations · 21 passages

   ch. 26 3 passages anchored here · ch. 81 10 passages anchored here · ch. 82 · ch. 83 2 passages anchored here · ch. 116 5 passages anchored here

   The Twelve Tables is quoted verbatim and treated as the ultimate statutory authority for agnatic succession.

   The words of the Twelve Tables creating title by agnation are as follow:

2. Ancient Law Henry Sumner Maine 1 authority 1 citation · 2 passages

   ch. 11 2 passages anchored here

   The Twelve Tables are directly cited and quoted for their liberal grant of testamentary power, used as authoritative historical baseline.

   Comparing this condition of the law with the text of the Twelve Tables which concedes in terms the utmost liberty of Testation, several writers have been tempted to interweave a good deal of dramatic incident into their history of the Law Testamentary.

3. The Law of Torts Sir Frederick Pollock 1 neutral 1 citation

   ch. 4

   The Twelve Tables are named directly and reported as the source recognizing primitive retaliation, without being endorsed or refuted, only identified as historical background.

   the compensation of the civilized law stands instead of a primitive retaliation which was still recognized by the law of the Twelve Tables.

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