Lease, of house, Y.
   field to cultivate, 42.
   ,, to reclaim, three years, 44.
   ,, to plant as garden, five years, 60.
   garden to till, 64.
   terms, not invalidated by neglect, 52.
   damages for not carrying out terms, 63.
   See Metayer.

Levy. See Militia.

Lex talionis. See Retaliation.

Libel. See Slander.

Lion, referred to, 244, 266.

Local liability for—­
   compensation for highway robbery, 23, 24.
   redemption of captive official, 32.

Loss, by burglary or rebellion, 125.
   of hired animal, by lion, 244.
   ,, by neglect, 245.
   ,, by blows, 245.
   ,, by hand of God, 249.
   of flock or herd, by hand of God, 266.
   ,, by lion, 226.
   of crop, when shared by landlord, 45.
   of interest. See Abatement.

Lost property, recovery by owner, 9.
   sale by finder=theft, 9.

Lying, 11, 12.

Magistrate, over township, 23, 24.

Maid, female slave—­
   given by wife to husband, to bear children, 144.
   not to rival mistress, 146.
   if so, reckoned slave again, 146.
   not sold, if a mother, 146.
   may be sold, if not, 146.
   children, acknowledged by husband, in his lifetime, share equally with
wife’s children, 170.
   otherwise, free, but not heirs, 171.

Maintenance, of wife in absence, 133-135.
   of divorced wife, 137.
   or concubine, 137.

Malice prepense 206.

Malicious abuse of process, 12.

Mancipium, hostage to work off debt—­
   natural death, 115.
   done to death, 116.
   free after three years, if free born, 117.
   slave, can be sold, by creditor on removal, 118.
      but not if mother of debtor’s children, 119.
      redeemed by debtor, 119.

Mansion, ‘great house.’ See Palace.

Manslaughter, of mancipium, 116.
   if slave, penalty one-third mina of silver, 116.
   by blow in quarrel, 207, 208.

Marks, on slave. See Branding.

Marriage portion, given by father to bride—­
   returned on divorce, 137.
   not to bad wife, 141.
   returned to injured wife, 142.
   ,, to invalid wife, who leaves husband, 149.
   property of wife’s children, 162.
   father of bride cannot reclaim, if she has children of the marriage,
162.
   returned, if wife dies childless, 163.
   less bride-price, if not repaid to husband, 164.
   if wife re-marry, shared by children of both marriages, 173.
   taken by children of first marriage, if none of second, 174.
   free wife of slave, takes her marriage portion, if any on his death,
for self and children, 175.

Master’s right over married slave’s property, 175, 176.
   pays for slave’s cure, 217, 223. See Slave.