Note 13 — BOOK II. CONCERNING THE CONDUCT OF CAUSES.
S. P. (Samuel Parsons) Scott translation
This is probably the first instance on record, of a law authorizing the taking of depositions. It will be observed that no provision is made for the service of notice on the other party to the suit. The art of cross-examination does not seem to have been either recognized, or practised, by the Visigothic tribunals. The rigid investigation by the judge, who examined all witnesses, was presumed to be amply sufficient to elicit the truth—[Ed.]