leges barbarorum (lee-jeez bahr-b[schwa]-ror-[schwa]m). [Latin “laws of the barbarians”] Hist. The customary laws of medieval European law; esp., the customary laws of Germanic tribes during the Middle Ages. • These include the lex romana Visigothorum, the lex Burgundionum, and the lex Salica. — Also termed folk laws. See SALIC LAW. “Many of the conquering Germanic […]
leges barbarorum 蛮族法 中世纪日耳曼各族法典的统称。指从公元5世纪起入侵罗马帝国的日耳曼主要民族的法律。虽然被称为法典或法典汇编，实际上只是当时部落习惯法的汇编而并非制定法。这些法律大约在5世纪至9世纪之间完成，除盎格鲁-撒克逊法是用本族语言外，其他均以拉丁文编写。其内容既不完整也不系统，只是对各种事项的约定俗成的习惯的陈述。如：对杀人、殴击、盗窃牲畜等应予以赔偿。
Leges Romanae Barbarorum 蛮族罗马法 指日耳曼诸国国王自5世纪中叶起为其罗马血统的臣民颁布的法典的总称。它由《勃艮第罗马法》〔Lex Romana Burgundionum〕、《库里恩罗马法》〔Lex Romana Curiensis〕、《西哥特罗马法》〔Lex Romana Visigothorum〕等组成。起初，这些法典适用于罗马臣民，与适用于日耳曼臣民的法典相区别。但是，后来两者趋于合并。这种罗马法与经典罗马法〔classical Roman law〕相比显得粗俗、简陋和原始。这些法律由懂得一些罗马法的教士及俗人起草，但受到皇家文秘署〔royal chancery〕的影响。
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Salic law (sal-ik orsay-lik). An influential early medieval Frankish code of law that originated with the Salian Franks and that deals with a variety of civil property and family issues but is primarily a penal code listing the punishments for various crimes. • Salic law is the principal compilation of the early Germanic laws known
Lombard law. A Germanic customary law based primarily on a code called the Edict of Rothar, published in A.D. 643. • Rothar was the King of the Lombards at the time (A.D. 636–652), and his code (written in Latin) was more complete than the Germanic leges barbarorum. — Also termed law of Lombardy; law of