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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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Bailment, without witness or deed--
from domestic inferior=theft, 7.

Banishment. _See_ Exile.

Bearing sentence sought to be obtained. _See_ Retaliation.

Benefice, the land, house, garden, and stock--
assigned by king to ganger, constable, or tributary, 30.
inalienable, 32, 36, 37.
sale, or purchase, forbidden, 35.
price paid forfeited, 35.
not to be exchanged, 41.
not to be devised to females, 38.
may be deputed, 27.
hereditary, 28.
forfeited, by disuse, 30.
may not be pledged, 38.
saleable to other official (?), 40.

Betrothed, maiden lived in father's house, 130.

Bigamy, in ignorance, 135.

Blood money. _See_ Wit.

Boatmen, their duties and privileges, 234-241.
same word denotes boat-builder (Winckler's tr.).

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