a mother and divorced, her legal rights, 54, 137
her children’s legal rights, 54, 137
belonging to convent, 52, 110
devoted by mother, 137
donation from father, 219
dowered as for marriage, 59, 178, 130, 219
expected to keep her virginity, 137
free to leave her portion, if allowed by father’s deed, 60, 178, 179,
220;
otherwise, brothers assume the estate and manage it, 60, 178;
or, if not content, she can farm it out, 60, 178;
but cannot alienate it from her brothers, 60, 178
frequenting beer-shop, 52, 110
has dowry by deed of free gift from her father, 60, 179, 220
if dedicated to Marduk of Babylon, and not portioned, shall have
one-third of child’s share, 60, 182
if not given a portion, is entitled to one-third of child’s share, 60,
181
leaves property as she pleases, 60, 182, 158
liable to death penalty, 52, 110
low in rank, 137
marriage with, 55, 144, 137
may give maid to her husband, 55, 144;
but husband may not marry a concubine, 55, 144;
or the concubine will not equal the votary, 55, 145
may sell a barren concubine, 55, 147
must leave share to her brothers, 60, 181
not to be beer-seller, 52, 110
not to be slandered, 53, 127
relation to adopted son, 158
rights in gift made by, 220
shall not admit the concubine to an equality, 55, 146
shall pay no taxes, 60, 182
son of, shall not be reclaimed from adoption, 61, 187
Wages. _See_ Hire, Labor:
advances made in lieu of, 273
average, estimated, 271
liable to adjustment, 271
living included, 272
often paid in produce, 272
Warden, temple officer, 213
Warehousing:
claims contested, 53, 124, 125
fee or rent, five ḲA of corn for each GUR of corn, 53, 121
precautions in depositing valuables, 53, 122, 123
responsibilities, 53, 120-126
Weaving:
accounts of, 300
establishments, 203
Weights and measures, tables of, 398
Widow:
cannot legally sell anything, 59, 177, 145, 147
children of second wife, their rights, 71
children’s inheritance, 58, 167-172, 71
could not marry and desert children in minority, 146
without consent of law court, 146
free to marry the man of her choice, 146
gift, made by deed, her own, 58, 171, 105
has, as a portion, one son’s share, 58, 172
has right to remain in husband’s house, 58, 172, 145
her conduct and character inquired into, 58, 172, 145
her rights, 145-147
marriage-portion her own, 58, 171, 172, 145
may leave, and be married again, 59, 172
can only take her marriage-portion, 58, 171, 172, 59, 172, 145, 146
children of both marriages share equally in the marriage-portion, 59,
173, 174, 145, 146;
or, if only one family, 59, 174, 146
may marry again, but children’s interests conserved, 59, 177, 145, 146
must give bonds as trustee with second husband, 59, 177, 146
gives inventory of property and obligation to preserve the property,
59, 177, 146
Wife:
as trustee of children of first marriage, 59, 177
bad, may be prosecuted, 55, 141
divorced without compensation, 55, 141, 141 _sq._
reduced to the status of slave, 55, 141
betrothal and marriage ceremony, 132
character of good, 55, 142
childless, her marriage-portion returns to her father’s house, 72, F
children of second wife take one-third of property, 71, D
conniving at her husband’s murder, impaled, 56, 153
consent of father-in-law, 128
deceased, her marriage-portion is the children’s, 57, 162
degraded to the condition of slave, 142
denies conjugal rights, its complications, 55, 142, 142;
may take her marriage-portion and return to her father, 55, 142, 142
deserted by husband, free to marry, 54, 136, 143
desertion by husband, involuntary, 143;
by husband, voluntary, 144
divorced, her legal rights, if a mother, 54, 137, 142
if not a mother, 55, 138, 142
dowry and marriage-portion, 128, 129, 130, 131
falsely accused, and cleared by oath, 54
financial responsibilities between husband and wife, 56, 151, 152;
question as to ante-nuptial, 56, 151
first home and home-going, 133
her marriage registered, 128
her pin-money, 132
her rights, if sent away, 140, 142
her trousseau, 129
if childless, it returns to her father’s house, 57, 163
husband has no claim to it, 57, 163
bride-price to be deducted from the marriage-portion, 57, 163
in monogamy and polygamy, 134
invalid cannot be put away, 56, 148, 142;
or divorced, 56, 148, 142;
but may claim her marriage-portion and go to her father, 56, 149, 142
laws and conditions of divorce, 141 _sq._ _See_ Divorce
marriage performed at “wedding-house,” 128
may be saved by husband from death penalty, 54, 129
may be a votary, 55, 144-146, 137
may claim separation on account of cruelty, 55, 142, 142
may sell a childless concubine, 55, 147, 135
must have marriage contract, 54, 128
not to be slandered, 53, 127
of captive and not maintained, 54, 134, 143
marries another, and returns to first, 54, 135, 143, 144;
children remain with their father, 54, 135, 143
penalty for adultery, strangling, 54, 129
results to a bad wife, 142
retains legal power over marriage deed of gift, 56, 150
may leave it to her child, but not to her kindred, 56, 150
rights if a widow, once or twice, 58, 171, 172, 59, 173, 174;
and of her children, 59, 172-174
second, different kinds of, 134
second, when allowed, 55, 137, 56, 138-141, 57, 148
shares of two wives and their families, 58, 167
slandered, cleared by ordeal, 54, 132
sold into slavery, 178
son’s wife, rude to mother-in-law, may be branded and sold, 140
undutiful and slanderous, may be drowned, 55, 143, 142
widow and childless, takes marriage-portion from the estate, 72, G
takes any marriage gift, 72, G
and it shall be adjudged an equivalent, 72, G
widow, on remarriage, takes her marriage-portion, 73, H
is succeeded in her marriage-portion by children of both marriages,
73, H
takes her marriage gifts, 73, H
Witchcraft:
and ordeal, 44, 2
laws against, 44, 1, 2
Witness:
examined on oath, 86
false, in civil suit, pays the expenses, 44, 3
for deposits, 53, 122, 123, 124, 125
must know the lost property, 45, 9
perhaps attached to law court, 81, 85
production of, 111
required for legal purchase, 44, 7, 45, 9
suffers death for perjury, 44, 3
the position considered, 85
time extended for production of, 45, 13
to a bond or deed, 229
to sign or seal, 151
Wool:
different kinds of, 299, 300
memoranda regarding, 299
Wounds:
cured by surgeon, 63, 215-218
by veterinary surgeon, 63, 224
in quarrel, 62, 206, 207, 63, 218
Writing, Babylonian and Assyrian, 151
FOOTNOTES
1 A. D. D., iii., p. 83.
2 A. D. D., vi., 218.
3 A. B. R., iii., pp. 24 ff.
4 A. B. R., iv., pp. 21 ff.
5 A. B. R., iv., pp. 41 ff.
M1 Character of the available material
6 Pages 147-62.
M2 Division of subject
M3 Laws and contracts
M4 Letters
M5 Chronologically treated
M6 The Code of Ḥammurabi
7 Cf. Appendix.
M7 Later copies
8 B. A. S., III., pp. 473-523.
9 Jurisprudentiæ, pp. 5-35.
10 B. A. S., IV., pp. 78-87.
M8 Bibliography of this Code
11 T. and T. Clark, Edinburgh.
M9 Mosaic parallels
M10 The legal phrase-books
12 Z. A., VII., p. 16 ff.
M11 Their plan
M12 Sumerian family laws
13 Page 115 of Delitzsch’s edition.
14 Dr. B. Meissner has made excellent use of them in his
_Altbabylonische Privatrecht_.
15 H. W. B., p. 218a.
M13 Legal documents
M14 Real character of the contract tablets
M15 Their external form
M16 How kept
M17 The parties possessing copies
M18 Scope of legal documents
M19 General works on the subject
M20 Different epochs represented
M21 Local features
M22 Characteristics of each group
M23 First period: the early Babylonian
16 Such as that published by Professor G. Barton, in the _American
Oriental Society’s Journal_, 1902, pp. 19-28.
17 First published by Professor H. V. Hilprecht, in _Old Babylonian
Inscriptions_, I., plates vi., vii., viii.; again with additions and
corrections by Professor V. Scheil, _Receuil de Travaux_, XXII., p.
29-36.
_ 18 Heft XVI._ of the _Mittheilungen aus den Orientalischen Sammlungen,
Berlin, 1901_.
19 Pages vii-xviii and 1-58.
20 From the _E. A. Hoffman Collection of Babylonian Clay Tablets in the
General Theological Seminary, New York_.
21 Pages 322-29.
22 IV., pp. 69-86; V., page 3.
23 III., pp. 118-46.
M24 The second period: the First Dynasty of Babylon
24 Parts I., III., V., VII., IX., X.
25 XVIII., p. 73, XIX., pp. 54 ff., Nos. 1, 3, 11, 17, 20, 46, 48, 56,
330.
26 XVII., p. 30, XIX., p. 58, No. 335.
27 XXII., p. 153 f.
M25 Present location of the tablets: London
M26 Paris
28 Pl. 41.
M27 Berlin
M28 Philadelphia
29 V., pp. 74-76; and VI., pp. 59, 60.
30 J. S., 41, 42, 43, 142, and Kh. 19, 198.
M29 Constantinople
M30 Publications
31 Page 589 f.
32 Page 103 f.
M31 The chronological system
M32 Key to the order of events in a reign
33 P. S. B. A., 1884, pp. 193-204.
M33 The chronicle of the king
34 P. S. B. A., XXI., pp. 11-17, January, 1899.
35 Pages 338-409.
36 Pages 342-43.
M34 Other kings mentioned
37 B. A. S., IV., pp. 382 ff.
M35 Era of Isin
38 See Lindl, B. A. S., IV., pp. 384-85.
M36 Various historical identifications
39 B1 58, 346. B2 318, 2439a, 2527, V. A. Th. 863.
40 B2 318.
41 B3 380, 2378.
42 B. A. S., IV., p. 363, foot-note.
43 L. H., III., p. 220, note 16.
M37 The third epoch: the Kassite kings
44 Vol. XIX., pp. 56 ff., Nos. 70, 133, 147, 266, 572.
45 Pages 85-89.
46 B. A. S., II., pp. 111-205.
47 III.1, p. 154 f., 164 f.; IV., p. 56 f.
48 The so-called _Caillou de Michaux_ was published I. R. 70, and
discussed by Oppert, _Doc. Jur._, pp. 87 ff., and Boissier,
_Recherches sur quelques contrats babyloniens_, K. B., IV., pp. 78
ff. A fine charter from the time of Merodach-baladan I. was
published IV. R. 38, discussed by Oppert, _Doc. Jur._, pp. 129 ff.,
and K. B. IV., pp. 60 ff. Another of the same date was published, K.
B. IV., pp. 164 ff.
M38 The Cappadocian tablets
49 P. S. B. A., November 1, 1881.
_ 50 Abhand. d. phil. hist. Classes der K. Sachs. Ges. d. Wiss._ 1893,
No. IV.
51 Z. A., IX., pp. 62-81.
52 K. B., IV., pp. 50-56.
53 P. S. B. A., XXII., p. 106 f.
M39 The Elamite contracts
54 Pages 169-94.
M40 The fourth epoch: Assyria
M41 Aramaic dockets
M42 The collections of tablets
55 Deighton, Bell & Co., Cambridge, England.
M43 Their peculiar style
56 Vol. XX., pp. 202 ff.
M44 The plan of arrangement in the volume
M45 Contemporary Babylonian documents
M46 Fifth epoch: the second Babylonian empire
M47 Persian Empire, and later
M48 Classification
57 Pages xi-xx.
58 Pages xi-xviii.
M49 Monographs
59 In the _Mitteilungen der Vorderasiatischen Gesellschaft_, 1896, No.
3.
M50 Nature of the oldest Babylonian laws
M51 Data hitherto uncertain
M52 Evidence that there were very ancient codes
M53 Codes antecedent to that of Ḥammurabi
M54 Sumerian laws found in the phrase-books
M55 Repudiation of father by son
M56 Repudiation of mother by son
M57 Disinheritance of son by father
M58 Disinheritance of son by mother
M59 Repudiation of husband by wife
M60 Repudiation of wife by husband
M61 Responsibility of employer
_ 60 Sumerische Lesestücke_, p. 112.
61 H. W. B., p. 542.
M62 Witchcraft and the ordeal by water
M63 False witness in capital suit
M64 In civil case
M65 Judgment once given not to be altered
M66 Burglary and acceptance of stolen goods
M67 Dealings with irresponsible persons
M68 Theft
M69 Procedure in case of the discovery of lost property
M70 Judgment by default
M71 Kidnapping
M72 Abduction of slave
M73 Harboring a fugitive slave
M74 The capture of a fugitive slave
M75 Burglary
M76 Highway robbery
M77 Theft at a fire
M78 Duties and privileges of an officer over the levy
M79 Rights and duties of his son
M80 Penalty for neglect of his benefice
M81 His ransom, if captured
M82 Duties of district governors
M83 Governors not to oppress subordinates
M84 The benefice of a levy-master, warrant-officer, or tributary
inalienable
M85 Not to be bequeathed to his family
M86 The obligation resting upon a buyer of real estate
M87 A benefice not to be exchanged
M88 Responsibilities of land-tenants
M89 The rent of unbroken land
M90 Loss of crop by storm apportioned between landlord and tenant
M91 Landlord cannot restrain a satisfactory tenant from subletting
M92 Abatement of debt on account of storm, flood, or drought
M93 Rights in a crop pledged for debt
M94 Riparian responsibilities
M95 Penalty for neglect to shut off water
M96 Damage done to growing crop by sheep
M97 Cutting down a tree without permission
M98 Rent of a garden-plot
M99 Garden rented on shares
M100 Obligations of owner to gather a date-crop assigned for debt
M101 Eviction of house-tenant
M102 Acceptance of goods in payment of debt, in default of money or corn
M103 Responsibility of a travelling salesman
M104 Robbery, substantiated by oath, a valid excuse
M105 Responsibility to be indicated by legal receipts
M106 Punishment of fraud of an agent
M107 Fraud practiced by principal
M108 Fraud in ordinary drink-traffic
M109 Connivance at unlawful assemblages
M110 Drink-traffic forbidden to votaries
M111 Rate of payment with produce
M112 Carrier’s liability for misappropriation of goods
M113 Unauthorized seizure of goods denied a creditor
M114 Punishment of vexatious distraint
M115 Creditor responsible for fair treatment of a man held as security
for debt
M116 Limitations on the holding of such hostages
M117 Responsibility of owners of warehouses
M118 Rate of payment for storage of corn
M119 Receipt for deposit of valuables
M120 Responsibility of bankers
M121 Their own losses no excuse
M122 Depreciation of property
M123 Slander of votary or married woman
M124 Marriage-bonds
M125 Punishment of flagrant adultery
M126 Rape of a betrothed virgin
M127 Suspicion of adultery cleared by oath
M128 Ordeal of water permissible to accused wife
M129 Rights and duties of the wives of those who have been taken captive
in war
M130 Right of a deserted wife to remarry
M131 Rights of a divorced woman who has borne children
M132 Rights of a divorced woman who is childless
M133 Status of a worthless wife
M134 Status of a wife who repudiates her husband
M135 Marriage with a votary
M136 A votary’s rights against a maid assigned to her husband
M137 Status of a wife afflicted with a disease
M138 Wife’s right to property deeded to her by her husband
M139 Marital responsibility for ante-nuptial debts
M140 Connivance at husband’s murder by a wife
M141 Incest with own daughter
M142 Incest with daughter-in-law
M143 Incest with mother
M144 Incest with step-mother
M145 Penalty for breach of promise
M146 Rights of a rejected suitor
M147 Slandering rival not to profit by his calumny
M148 Disposal of a wife’s marriage-portion
M149 Effect upon the inheritance of a father’s gift to a favorite son
M150 Reservation of a bride-price for a young unmarried brother
M151 Inheritance of children in case of two fruitful marriages
M152 Disinheritance of a son
M153 Status of children by a slave-woman
M154 The rights of a widow in personal property
M155 Her rights in the home
M156 Dower rights of her children by second marriage
M157 Property rights of the children of slave-father and free mother
M158 Property rights of the young children of a widow who remarries
M159 The property rights of a votary
M160 Her right to convey property
M161 Her right of inheritance
M162 Her proportion of her father’s property
M163 Additional privileges of votary of Marduk of Babylon
M164 Rights of a daughter by a concubine, if provided for by father on
marriage
M165 If not so provided for by father
M166 Adoption of natural son
M167 Adoption of child of living parents
M168 Responsibilities of a craftsman to his adopted child
M169 Rights of inheritance of an adopted son
M170 Obligations on discarding an adopted son
M171 Punishment for the repudiation of adoptive parents
M172 Penalty of substituting one infant for another
M173 Assault on a father
M174 Graded penalties for assault and battery
M175 Brutal assault
M176 Fatal assault
M177 Assaults upon pregnant women
M178 Gradation of surgeon’s fees
M179 Penalties for unskilful operations
M180 Cure of limb or bowel
M181 Fees for the treatment of the diseases of animals
M182 Brander’s liabilities
M183 Builder’s fee and liabilities for bad workmanship
M184 Boatmen’s fees and liabilities
M185 Hire of boats
M186 Responsibility of boatmen carrying goods
M187 Law of collision
M188 Working ox not to be distrained
M189 Hire of oxen and cows
M190 Liability for loss of ox or ass by accident
M191 Compensation for loss of ox by ill-treatment
M192 Responsibility for unavoidable accidents to a hired ox
M193 Death by goring, accidental
M194 Responsibility for a vicious ox
M195 Responsibility of a tenant farmer
M196 Wages of laborers
M197 Theft of agricultural instruments
M198 Wages of herdsmen
M199 Their liability
M200 Hire of animals for threshing
M201 Hire of wagon, oxen, and driver
M202 Graded wages of day-laborers
M203 Wages of artisans
M204 Hires of various boats
M205 Compensation for defect discovered in a slave after sale
M206 Manumission of native slaves taken captive and bought back by
travelling merchant
M207 Of foreign slaves
M208 Punishment for repudiating a master
M209 General character of the Ḥammurabi Code
M210 Bibliography
M211 Agent not able to recover without power of attorney
M212 Responsibility of one who sells
M213 Permanent settlements at marriage between father of bride and the
bridegroom
M214 Inheritance rights of children of second marriage
M215 Procedure in case the father-in-law is unable to carry out his
promise of dowry
M216 Marriage-portion of childless wife
M217 Rights of inheritance of a childless widow
M218 The rights of a widow with children in case of re-marriage
M219 Division of the estate of a man twice married
M220 The three great classes of the population: the gentry, the common
men, and the slaves
62 § 15.
63 § 140.
64 §§ 273, 274.
65 § 16.
66 §§ 16, 17, 19.
67 § 199.
68 §§ 205, 282.
69 §§ 218, 223.
70 § 6.
M221 The levy-master and the warrant-officer
M222 Their compensation
71 § 26.
72 § 28.
73 § 29.
74 § 29.
75 § 30.
76 § 31.
M223 The risks of public service
77 § 32.
M224 The tributary
M225 All land subject to royal taxation
78 § 183.
M226 The votaries
79 For fuller information and references, see A. J. S. L., XIX., pp. 98
ff.
M227 The merchant
M228 Antiquity of the judicial organization
M229 Sources of our knowledge of early legal procedure
M230 Judges not often mentioned
M231 Their varied duties
80 § 5.
81 § 9.
82 § 13.
83 § 169.
M232 Special directions to judges
84 § 177.
85 § 127.
86 § 168.
87 § 172.
M233 Position, rank, and qualifications
M234 Method of appointment
88 B2 327.
M235 The chief-justice
89 A. D. D. § 567.
M236 The scribes
M237 Their duties
M238 Female scribes
90 A. D. D., 827, 2.
M239 The scribe not a judge
M240 The scribe not a priest
M241 The witnesses
M242 The elders of a city
91 M. A. P., 80, B1 199, B2 2458.
92 § 202.
93 § 5.
94 B2 2182.
M243 Their jury duties
95 M. A. P., 80.
96 B2 824, 838.
97 B 34.
98 B1 99.
M244 Trial witnesses
99 § 13.
M245 Witnesses to deeds
M246 Settlements out of court
100 B1 38, B2 838.
M247 Recourse to a judge
M248 The advocate
M249 The plaintiff in the reports
101 M. A. P., 79.
M250 Summons before the judge
102 M. A. P., 100, B1 294.
103 B2 272.
M251 Appeals
104 King, _Letters of Ḥammurabi_, p. xxxix f.
M252 Various places for holding a court
105 B2 360.
106 B1 711.
107 M. A. P., 100.
108 B 57, 73.
109 B2 279.
M253 Legal procedure
110 § 9.
111 B2 2444 A.
M254 The deity the theoretical source of all judicial authority
112 M. A. P., 79, 105.
113 B2 2463.
114 B2 327.
115 B2 301.
116 B2 272.
M255 Summoning witnesses
117 §§ 122, 123.
118 § 13.
M256 Bribing witnesses
119 §§ 3, 4.
120 B1 160.
M257 Different kinds of testimony
121 B2 2182.
122 B2 2181.
M258 Rendering the decision
123 B2 2474.
124 B2 2458.
125 B2 2516.
M259 The collection of damages
126 B2 387.
127 B2 2182.
128 B2 2458.
M260 Breaking a contract-tablet
129 § 37.
130 B2 586, 2177 A.
131 A. B. R. _passim._
M261 The legal decision
132 B2 327.
133 § 5.
M262 Documentary form
134 B2 387.
M263 Administration of oaths
135 §§ 20, 131, 227, 266.
136 §§ 23, 103, 120, 126, 206, 240, 249.
137 § 9.
M264 Form of the oath
138 B1 160.
139 B1 188.
140 B1 295.
_ 141 Letters of Ḥammurabi_, pp. 212-54.
142 B. A. S., iv., p. 338 f.
M265 The place where it was administered
143 B1 199.
144 B2 2178 A.
145 B2 2182.
146 B1 199.
M266 Its purport
M267 Its gradual decrease in importance
147 A. D. D., § 604.
M268 Its preservation as an antique form
148 Nbk., 368.
149 Cyr., 277.
150 Cyr., 312, A. B. R., II., pp. 16, 73.
M269 Penalties for perjury
151 § 3.
152 § 127.
153 B2 2190.
154 §§ 4, 13.
155 Nbd. 13.
M270 Forfeits
M271 Nature of the forfeits
M272 The ordeal
M273 The death-penalty
M274 Drowning
M275 Burning
M276 Impalement
M277 Ordeal by water
M278 Mutilations
M279 Scourging
M280 Banishment
156 § 154.
M281 Simple restitution
157 §§ 9, 10, 12, 125, 219, 231, 232, 245, 246, 263.
M282 Multiple restitution
158 § 106.
159 § 112.
160 § 107.
161 §§ 8, 265.
162 § 5.
M283 Retaliation
163 §§ 196, 197, 200.
164 §§ 116, 210, 219, 230, 231.
M284 Vicarious punishment
165 §§ 116, 210, 230.
M285 Loss of claim
M286 Cases where no claim is allowed
166 § 123.
167 § 115.
168 § 250.
M287 Compensation
169 § 42.
170 § 44.
171 § Y.
M288 Meaning of the term
172 B2 316.
173 Rev. 1-4.
M289 Technical terms used
M290 Their arrangement
174 B2 511.
M291 Suit concerning inheritance
175 B2 2474.
M292 Suit for paternal power over daughter
176 § 136.
177 M. A. P., 39.
178 M. A. P., 41.
179 M. A. P., 44.
180 M. A. P., 79.
181 M. A. P., 111.
182 B2 301.
183 B2 2465.
184 B2 2473.
185 M. A. P., 40.
186 M. A. P., 78.
187 M. A. P., 80.
188 M. A. P., 110.
189 B 199.
190 B2 327.
191 B2 511.
192 B2 586.
193 B2 2175 A.
194 B2 2177 A.
195 B2 2178 A.
196 B2 2181.
197 B2 2186.
198 B2 2190.
199 B2 2444 A.
200 B2 2458.
201 B2 2463.
202 B2 2502.
203 B2 2193.
204 B2 824.
205 M. A. P., 42.
206 M. A. P., 43.
M293 Right of a widow on remarriage to her husband’s property or gifts
207 M. A. P., 100.
208 B1 40.
209 B1 188.
210 B1 295.
211 B1 160.
212 B1 711.
213 B2 272.
214 B2 2182.
215 B2 2516.
M294 Legal practice of Assyrian times
216 A. D. D., No. 160.
217 A. D. D., No. 161.
218 A. D. D., No. 164.
M295 Damages for loss by agent
M296 Additional cases
M297 Later Babylonian decisions
M298 Method of procedure
M299 The possible complications
M300 Dispute for the possession of a sum of money
M301 Suit regarding loan on mortgage
219 Nbn. 1128.
M302 Regarding possession of a slave
220 Dar. 53.
M303 Acknowledgment of a debt
M304 Settlement out of court
221 Dar. 260.
M305 A private settlement
222 Dar. 410.
223 A. B. P., ii., pp. 70 ff.
M306 Agreements to appear in court
224 Dar. 159.
225 Dar. 229.
M307 Production of witnesses
226 Dar. 299.
227 Dar. 176.
228 Nbk. 52.
229 Nbk. 183.
230 A. B. P., i., pp. 31 ff.
M308 Production of bond
231 A. B. P., ii., p. 67.
232 Camb. 384.
M309 The mixed population of Babylonia
M310 Position and rights of resident aliens
233 § 40.
234 Dar. 201.
235 Dar. 57.
236 Dar. 410.
237 Dar. 509.
M311 Tax on landed property
238 Cyr. 231, 232.
239 § 53.
M312 State liabilities
240 § 32.
M313 District liabilities
241 § 24.
242 § 40.
M314 General system of taxation
M315 Reason for the lack of information regarding criminal law
M316 Blood-vengeance commuted for a gift
243 A. D. D., No. 321.
M317 Imprisonment
244 Cyr. 281.
M318 Assault
245 Cyr. 328, 329.
M319 Tempting a slave to desert
246 § 15.
247 Dar. 207.
M320 Adultery and its punishment
248 § 129.
249 § 132.
250 Z. A., iii., p. 78.
251 § 153.
M321 The punishment of incest
252 § 154.
253 § 155.
254 § 156.
255 § 157.
256 § 158.
M322 The sources of information
M323 The marriage-contract and its obligations
257 § 128.
258 § 157.
M324 Family relations
M325 Ancient _gentes_
M326 Guilds of working-men
M327 Their rivals
M328 Public registration of family events
259 Nbn. 69.
260 Z. A., iii., p. 87 f.
M329 Entailed family property
M330 Responsibilities of family to its individual members
261 B2 419.
M331 Amount of the bride-price
262 S. 34.
263 § 139.
M332 Its disposal
M333 Its presentation
264 V. R., 24, 48.
265 § 160.
266 § 161.
M334 Penalty for breach of promise
267 § 156.
M335 Preliminaries of marriage
268 Nergl. 1.
269 Nbn. 243.
M336 Negotiation of a father for his son
270 Nbk. 101.
M337 Negotiation with a mother for her daughter
271 Cyr. 183, B. A. S., iv., p. 7.
M338 Rôle of the contracting parties
M339 Giving away the bride
272 See pages 162, 163.
273 B. A. S., iv., pp. 14-22.
M340 Widows free to dispose of themselves
M341 Consent of bridegroom’s father or guardian requisite for a legal
marriage
274 §§ 155, 156.
275 Cyr. 312.
M342 The court of registration
276 Cyr. 307.
M343 The bride’s dowry
277 Nbk. 101.
M344 Her marriage-portion
278 Page 163.