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† See
Levit. xx. 10. Deut. xxii. 22.The penalties in the old Roman and Gre-cian laws for adultery, and debauching freecitizens unmarried, even without violence,were very high. We find death might beinflicted in the fact. And we see that cas-tration was an ordinary punishment. Theold form of prosecuting is not very clear.The
Lex Julia de
Adulteriis allowed the
actio publica or prosecution by any who
in-