The "capitulary" of 593 puts the receiver of a secret composition on a level with the thief: 'Qui furtum vult celare, et occulte sine judice compositionem acceperit, latroni similis est.
"Anglo-Saxon Literature"
John Earle
This prohibition was extended to the laity by the Council of Agde in 506, and by that of Orleans in 511. It was renewed repeatedly, as, for instance, in the Council of Auxerre in 595, by a capitulary of Charlemagne in 789, and by the Council of Selingstadt in 1022, but always in vain.
"Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe"
Sabine Baring-Gould
In 816, a capitulary of Louis I. declared all donations of this kind void.
"The Power Of The Popes"
Pierre Claude François Daunou