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special types of ownership, 277
state and private ownership, 277
theft and related offenses, 281
treason, 282
witnesses, 268
New Kingdom, 289–359
administration, 296–302
administrative orders, 291
adoption, 24, 327–328
adultery, 305, 343–344
animals, hire of, 340
blasphemy, 292, 311, 346
bribery, 346
central administration, 296–299
children, 326–327
citizenship, 316–317
constitutional and administrative
law, 294–307
contracts, 336–342
courts, 290, 302–307
crime and delict, 310, 342–346
curses, 346–347
divorce, 324, 325
documents as evidence, 311–313
evidence, 305, 311–315
family, 322–328
gender and age, 317–319
hire, 340–342
homicide, 343
injury, 343
king, 294–296
land tenure, 328–330
law codes, 289–290
leases, 341–342
legislature, 296
Letters to the Dead, 294, 326, 350
litigation, 292, 307–315
loans, 339–340
local government, 300–302
marital property, 324–325
marriage, 322–326
conditions, 323–324
oath as evidence, 313–315
oracular judgments, 347–350
ordeal, 315
parties to litigation, 307
perjury, 315, 345, 346
personal status, 316–322
polygamy, 326
private legal documents, 292–293
property, 328–336
provincial administration, 300
remarriage, 326
royal edicts, 289, 290–291, 294sales, 337–339
scholastic documents, 293
slander, 346
slavery, 307, 319–322
special institutions, 346–350
state and private ownership, 330–331
theft, 292, 298, 301, 344–345, 349
transfer inter vivos, 333–336
witnesses, 311
Old Kingdom and First
Intermediate Period, 93–140
administration, 100–103
administrative orders and
documents, 96
adoption, 120
categories of slavery, 118
children, 120
citizenship, 112–113
class, 97, 113–115, 131
constitutional and administrative
law, 98–108
contracts, 127–130
courts, 104, 105–108
crime and delict, 106, 130–131
curses, 132
debt, 129
divorce, 120
documents as evidence, 109, 111–112
evidence, 109, 110–112
false accusation, 130
family, 118–120
forensic witnesses, 110
gender and age, 116
homicide, 130
inheritance, 116, 124–127
king, 98–99
land tenure, 121–124
legislature, 99
Letters to the Dead, 98, 132–133
litigation, 108–112
local government, 104, 105
marriage, 119–120
miscellaneous non-legal sources,
97–98
mortuary priests, 130
oracles, 133
parties to litigation, 108
personal status, 112–118
police, 108
polygamy, 120
private legal documents, 96
property, 120–126
provincial administration, 103–105
punishment, 131westbrk_subj index_1067-1140 8/27/03 1:37 PM Page 1088