| 1 | When one makes a bond and a conveyance of property, as he has made formal declaration so let it be binding. |
| 2 | Where a slave is ordered to be free by a will, upon his compliance with a certain condition, and he complies with the condition; or if, after having paid his price to the purchaser, he claims his liberty, he shall be free. |
| 3 | Articles sold and handed over (venditae et traditae) are not acquired by a buyer otherwise than when he has paid the price to the seller of has satisfied him in some other way, that is, be providing a guarantor or a security. |
| 4 | When anyone contracts a legal obligation with reference to his property, or sells it, by making a verbal statement or agreement concerning the same, this shall have the force and effect of law. |
| 5 | If the party should afterwards deny his statements, and legal proceedings are instituted, he shall, by way of penalty, pay double the value of the property in question. |
| 6 | Acquisition by possession [usucapio] of movable things requires one year's possession for its completion, but for an estate and buildings, two years. |
| 7 | Any woman who did not wish to be subjected in this manner to the hand (in manum) of her husband should be absent for 3 nights in succession every year, and so interrupt the usucapio of each year. |
| 8 | Personal seizure [of disputed property] is done directly on the thing or in the place in question, in the presence of the magistrate. |
| 9 | Where anyone demands freedom for another against the claim of servitude, the magistrate shall render judgment in favor of liberty. |
| 10 | Anyone shall not dislodge from its framework a beam fixed in buildings or vineyards. . . double amount of damage against the person found guilty of fixing such beam. |
| 11 | Beams which have been prepared for building purposes, but not attached to a building or a vineyard can be recovered by the owner, if stolen. |
| 12 | If a husband desires to divorce his wife, he must give a reason for doing so. |
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Table VI. Ownership and Possession Rights