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LAWS OF THE TWELVE TABLES (law)


LAWS OF THE TWELVE TABLES. Laws of ancient Rome composed in part from those of Solon, and other Greek legislators, and in part from the unwritten laws of Solon, and other Greek legislators, and in part from the unwritten laws or customs of the Romans. These laws first appeared in the year of Rome 303, or customs of the Romans. These laws first appeared in the year of Rome 303, inscribed on ten plates of brass. The following year two others were added, inscribed on ten plates of brass. The following year two others were added, and the entire code bore the name of the Laws of the Twelve Tables. The and the entire code bore the name of the Laws of the Twelve Tables. The principles they contained became the source of all the Roman law, and serve principles they contained became the source of all the Roman law, and serve to this day as the foundation of the jurisprudence of the greatest part of to this day as the foundation of the jurisprudence of the greatest part of Europe. Europe. See a fragment of the Law of the twelve Tables in Coop. Justinian, 656; See a fragment of the Law of the twelve Tables in Coop. Justinian, 656; Gibbon' s Rome, c. 44. Gibbon' s Rome, c. 44.