<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> According to Roman tradition, the Law of the Twelve Tables (Latin: Leges Duodecim Tabularum or Duodecim Tabulae) was the legislation that stood at the foundation of Roman law . The Tables consolidated earlier traditions into an enduring set of laws . </P> <P> The Twelve Tables are sufficiently comprehensive that their substance has been described as a' code', although modern scholars consider this characterisation exaggerated . The Tables were a sequence of definitions of various private rights and procedures . They generally took for granted such things as the institutions of the family and various rituals for formal transactions . The provisions were often highly specific and diverse . </P>

What was the purpose of the twelve tables in rome