The Oldest Code of Laws in the World - The code of laws promulgated by Hammurabi, King of Babylon - B.C. 2285-2242 by Hammurabi
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poor man's limb, he shall pay one mina of silver.
section 199. If he has caused the loss of the eye of a gentleman's servant or has shattered the limb of a gentleman's servant, he shall pay half his price. section 200. If a man has made the tooth of a man that is his equal to fall out, one shall make his tooth fall out. section 201. If he has made the tooth of a poor man to fall out, he shall pay one-third of a mina of silver. section 202. If a man has struck the strength of a man who is great above him, he shall be struck in the assembly with sixty strokes of a cow- hide whip. section 203. If a man of gentle birth has struck the strength of a man of gentle birth who is like himself, he shall pay one mina of silver. section 204. If a poor man has struck the strength of a poor man, he shall pay ten shekels of silver. section 205. If a gentleman's servant has struck the strength of a free- man, one shall cut off his ear. section 206. If a man has struck a man in a quarrel, and has caused him a wound, that man shall swear 'I do not strike him knowing' and shall answer for the doctor. section 207. If he has died of his blows, he shall swear, and if he be |
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