A History of Ancient Near Eastern Law
541 KAJ 2:8–15, a girl has herself adopted by a rich and influential man who undertakes not to mistreat a ...
542 to rebut any claims as to the origin of the jewelry. If the deceased had no male heirs, his widow could claim it ...
543 commission of a crime (homicide or treason) terminates the state of indivision or allows an outsider ...
544 6.2.3 A father could dispose of his property by testament. Three different introductory formulas are found: (a) ...
545 the absence of which her sons were obliged to support her (MAL A 46). In KAJ 9, a man designates his ...
546 interested parties refused to participate in the construction of the aqueduct, the owner could obtain from the j ...
547 ing rights in the land could present themselves (MAL B 6). This procedure is attested in practice in ...
548 7.1.4 The sale of property belonging to another, for example, by a pledgee, makes the seller liable to indemnify ...
549 loans, in the form of a novation combining the debts of several per- sons in a single document (KAJ 6 ...
550 7.3.2 Many loan contracts contain a clause giving the creditor a lien (katû) on the real estate and, ultimately, ...
551 to have been the rule for pledge of movables (MAL C+G 3–4) and the exception for land.^124 An undivid ...
552 7.3.3.4 Human pledges are in theory not subject to disciplining by the creditor, as are debt slaves. A pledge ac ...
553 M 3:4–8). If the garments are sold by the fuller, it is deemed to be theft and punished accordingly ( ...
554 tiate with him the sum to be paid in compensation (MAL F 1). The severity of the penalty may be explained by agg ...
555 be treated as a thief if he does not report it to the authorities.^136 A complicated case reported in ...
556 both pardoned (MAL A 15:51–57). A marginal case is that of sex- ual relations brought about by a procuress, who ...
557 to her ravisher as a wife, at her father’s discretion, and the latter also receives compensation (“al ...
558 In addition, the culprit will “compensate the life” (nap“àte umalla), that is, will pay a sum equal to the value ...
559 8.8 Domestic Jurisdiction Maltreatment of a wife by her husband may not exceed the muti- lations list ...
560 is not possible due to a gap in the text (MAL N 2). Blasphemy against a god or the king by a lady of the harem i ...
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