51。Leg。2，Cod。dejureliberorum。Institutes，tit。3，§4，desenatusconsult。Tertul。
52。Leg。9，Cod。desuisetlegitimisliberis。
53。Leg。12，ibid。，andNov。118，127。
BookXXVIII。OftheOriginandRevolutionsoftheCivilLawsamongtheFrench1。DifferentCharacteroftheLawsoftheseveralPeopleofGermany。
AftertheFrankshadquittedtheirowncountry，theymadeacompilationoftheSaliclawswiththeassistanceofthesagesoftheirownnation。[1]ThetribeoftheRipuarianFrankshavingjoineditselfunderClovis[2]tothatoftheSalianspreserveditsowncustoms；andTheodoric，[3]KingofAustrasia，orderedthemtobereducedtowriting。