Visigothic Code

Ferdinand III of Castile ordered that the code be adopted and observed by his subjects, and had it translated into the Spanish language as the Fuero Juzgo.

The Visigothic Code is a body of law from the Visigothic Kingdom of Spain, known variously as the Liber Iudiciorum, Forum Iudicum or Lex Visigothorum, organized into twelve books covering judicial procedure, marriage, crime and property. Its most cited royal promulgation is associated with King Chindasuinth and his son Recceswinth, who issued an enlarged version around 653 to 654 CE binding equally on Visigothic and Hispano-Roman subjects, ending the prior legal separation between the two populations. It drew on the earlier Breviary of Alaric, a Roman-law compilation for Rome's subjects under Visigothic rule. In the thirteenth century, Ferdinand III of Castile had it translated into Spanish as the Fuero Juzgo, extending its influence deep into medieval Iberian law.