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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assault on pregnant gentlewoman, causing miscarriage, ten shekels,
209. assault on pregnant poor woman, causing miscarriage, five shekels, 211. assault on pregnant slave, causing miscarriage, two shekels, 213. assault on pregnant poor woman, causing her death, half mina, 212. assault on pregnant slave, causing her death, third mina, 214. causing death of ox or sheep, by careless operation, quarter price, 225. distraint on working ox, one-third mina, 241. mutilation of hired ox, quarter price, 248. letting vicious ox gore a man to death, half mina, 251. stealing corn or plants, on metayer, sixty _GUR_ of corn _per GAN_, 255. letting oxen, taken on metayer, sixty _GUR_ of corn _per GAN_, 255. theft of watering machine, five shekels, 259. theft of water bucket, or plough, (harrow?), three shekels, 260. (_N.B_.--Fines reckoned in silver, 60 shekels to the mina.) Fires, theft at, 25. Floods, 45, 46, 48. Forfeit of price paid in illegal purchase, 35, 37, 177. oxen and field, for neglect to cultivate, 256. Forfeiture of claim-- by self-help, 113. by cruelty, 116. |
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