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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page 56 of 86 (65%)
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Custody of child, in mother, 29. Cutting down trees-- assessment of damage, half mina of silver per tree, 59. Damage to crops, by sheep-- assessed at twenty _GUR per GAN_, 57. to ripe crops, at sixty _GUR per GAN_, 58. by flooding field, 56. by cutting down trees, assessed at half mina of silver per tree, 59. Damages, for breach of contract, 42, 44. for eviction from purchase, 12. for eviction from house, Y. _Damnum sine injuria_, 115, 118, 123, 250. Date palm, plantation of, X. Daughter cannot inherit benefice, 38. Death penalty, inflicted for-- witchcraft, 1. threatening witnesses, 3. perjury, 3. theft, 4. receiving stolen goods, 4. buying from domestic inferior, 7. taking on deposit from domestic inferior, 7. |
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