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A Source Book for Mediæval History

Note {10} — I. THE GERMANS AND THE EMPIRE TO 1073

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This title illustrates what is said in the introduction about the process out of court. The person who has a cause for legal action against another, goes himself to the house of his antagonist and summons him before witnesses. The law steps in, however, and forces the one who is summoned to come to court under penalty. See also title LVI.

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