Table II. Trial
1. The legal action of solemn deposit (sacramenti actio) [demands that each litigant shall wager either 500 asses or 50 asses]: 500 asses for solemn deposit (sacramentum) when the subject of the dispute [is valued at] 1,000 asses or more, 50 asses when [estimated at] less [than 1,000 asses]. [But] if the controversy concerns the liberty of a human being [, however valuable may be the person], the solemn deposit (sacramentum) [shall be] 50 asses.
2. A dangerous disease or a day appointed [for the hearing of a case] with an alien [, when the latter is a party] … If any of these (circumstances) be an impediment for judge (index)8 or arbitrator (arbiter)9 or party (reus),10 on this account the day of trial shall be deferred.
3. Whoever shall have need of evidence, he shall go on every third day11 to cry12 before the doorway [of the witness’s house].