Code of Euric

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The Code of Euric was an early written legal code issued by the Visigothic king Euric in the late 5th century, codifying Germanic customary law and Roman legal traditions for his kingdom.

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Code of Euric canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Visigothic law code
legal code
aim to provide a unified written law for Euric's subjects
appliesTo Roman subjects in the Visigothic kingdom
Visigoths
linked to: Goths
appliesToTerritory Visigothic Gaul
linked to: Visigothic Kingdom

Visigothic Hispania
linked to: Visigothic Kingdom
author Euric
basedOn customary Visigothic law
late Roman imperial legislation
country Visigothic Kingdom
dateOfCreation late 5th century
describedIn medieval legal historiography
fieldOfWork law
followedBy Breviary of Alaric
Code of Leovigild
linked to: Lex Visigothorum

Liber Iudiciorum
follows Germanic customary law
genre law code
hasPart provisions on criminal law
provisions on family law
provisions on inheritance law
provisions on procedural law
provisions on property law
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity
inception c. 470s
incorporates Roman legal traditions
influenced Breviary of Alaric
Lex Visigothorum
language Latin
legalForm royal edict
legalStatus royal legislation
legalSubject relations between Goths and Romans
legalSystem Visigothic Kingdom
legalTradition Germanic law
Roman law
notableFor early synthesis of Roman and Germanic legal elements
partiallySurvivesAs fragments in later legal manuscripts
placeOfOrigin Toulouse
promulgatedBy King Euric of the Visigoths
linked to: Euric
regulated compensation for injuries
disputes over land ownership
marriage and dowry
oaths and legal proof
status of slaves
significantEvent first known written codification of Visigothic law
timePeriod reign of Euric (c. 466–484)

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Visigothic Kingdom legalCode Code of Euric
Euric legalAct Code of Euric