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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of gentle birth he shall pay half a mina of silver.
section 208. If he be the son of a poor man, he shall pay one-third of a mina of silver. section 209. If a man has struck a gentleman's daughter and caused her to drop what is in her womb, he shall pay ten shekels of silver for what was in her womb. section 210. If that woman has died, one shall put to death his daughter. section 211. If the daughter of a poor man through his blows he has caused to drop that which is in her womb, he shall pay five shekels of silver. section 212. If that woman has died, he shall pay half a mina of silver. section 213. If he has struck a gentleman's maidservant and caused her to drop that which is in her womb, he shall pay two shekels of silver. section 214. If that maidservant has died, he shall pay one-third of a mina of silver. section 215. If a doctor has treated a gentleman for a severe wound with a bronze lancet and has cured the man, or has opened an abscess of the eye for a gentleman with the bronze lancet and has cured the eye of the gentleman, he shall take ten shekels of silver. section 216. If he (the patient) be the son of a poor man, he shall take |
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