The Oldest Code of Laws in the World eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 65 pages of information about The Oldest Code of Laws in the World.

The Oldest Code of Laws in the World eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 65 pages of information about The Oldest Code of Laws in the World.
   ,, re-escape of captured, 20.
   subject to levy, 16.
   marries free woman, 175.
   children free, 175.
   woman marries master, bears sons, not to be sold, 119.
   cure of, paid for by master, 218, 223.
   his eye or limb, valued at half-price, 199.
   assault on free-man by slave, 205.
   gored by ox, 251.
   of poor man, 219.
   captured and repatriated, 280.
   freed, if native, 281.
   rebellious, repudiates master, 282.

Speculation in crops, futures, discouraged, 49, 50, X.

Spell, magical. See Witchcraft.

Stay of case, for production of witnesses, 13.

Stolen goods, guilty purchase of=theft, 10.

Storage. See Warehouse, Deposit.

Strength of a man, crown of the head (?), genitalia—­
   penalty for wounding the, of—­
       superior, 202.
      equal, 203.
      poor man, 204.
      free-man by slave, 205.

Striking or wounding. See Assaults.
   of father by son, 195.

Sub-letting, not to be objected to, 47.

Subornation, of perjury, 4.

Summons to appear before judge, 127. See Calling to account.

Superior, assault of, 202.

Surgeon. See Doctor.

Sworn deposition, 9, 23, 103, 120, 126, 206, 240, 249.

Tablet, broken, annulment of contract, 37.
   wetted, to rewrite date, 48.

Temple, property protected, 6, 8.
   bound to ransom captive, 32.

Tenant’s risks, 45.

Theft, first order, involving entry, 6.
   second order, in the open, 8.
   by keeping property found, 9.
   by selling property found, 10.
   aggravated at fire, 25.
   from deposit, 120.
   under metayer, 254. See Bailment, Lost property, Sacrilegious,
Stolen goods, Treasonable, Receiving.

Threatening witnesses, 3.

Threshing floor, 113.

Tongue cut out, 192.

Treasonable theft, first order, 6.
   second order, 8.

Trespass, to realty, 54.
   dolus, 54.
   culpa, 55.

Tributary, a beneficed person, paid tribute, 36-41.
   benefice inalienable, 36. See Benefice.

Trust, deposit, regulated—­
   corn in granary, 120.
   any goods, 122.

Undertaking. See Lease.

Untitled possession, 9, 10.

Veterinary surgeon, duties and liabilities of, 224, 225.

Vexatious claim of property as lost, 11.

Vivum vadium, 49.

Votary, not to open or enter wine shop, 110.
   protected from slander, 127.
   as wife, 145.
   gives maid to husband, to bear children, 146.
   not to be rivalled by maid, 147.
   dowered as for marriage, 178.
   free to leave her portion, if allowed by father’s deed, 178, 179.
   otherwise, brothers assume charge of her estate and maintain her, 178.

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