The compilers of the Salic law cite an ancient usage of the Franks, by which a person who had dug a corpse out of the ground, in order to strip it, should be banished from society till the relatives had consented to his being readmitted.
Lege salikoen biltzaileek frankoen usadio zahar bat aipatzen dute, zeinen arabera, inork gorpu bat hilobitik ateratzen bazuen lapurreta egiteko, gizartetik baztertzen baitzuten, harik eta hildakoaren ahaideek berriro gizartera zedin onartzen zuten arte;