parties to contracts, 844
parties to litigation, 829
partnership, 851
personal status, 832–834
petitions, 823
pledge, 851, 852
priestly decrees, 822
private legal documents, 823–825
property, 838–843
provincial administration, 827–828
real property hire, 847–849
religious and professional
associations, 854–855
repayment, 850–851
royal decrees, 822
sale in advance of delivery, 846–847
sales, 844–847
servitudes, 839
sexual offenses, 854
slavery, 834
sources of law, 819–826
special institutions, 854–855
suretyship, 852
temple status, 833
temporary transfer, 852
theft, 853
transcripts of trials, 823
trial, 831
wills, 840
withdrawal after lawsuit, 831–832
Elephantine, 863–881
administration, 865, 866–869
appeal, 870
citizenship, 37, 871
class, 871
constitutional and administrative
law, 865–869
contracts, 880
court records, 864
courts, 869
evidence, 869–870
family, 873–875
gender and age, 872–873
historical documents, 864
inheritance, 877–880
king, 865
letters, 864
litigation, 869–870
loans, 880
marriage, 875–877
orders, 870
personal status, 871–875
petitions, 870
private legal documents, 863–864property, 877–880
scholastic documents, 864
slaves, 873–875
sources of law, 779, 863–864
Late Bronze Age and international
relations, 754, 757, 759, 764
Middle Kingdom and Second
Intermediate Period, 255–288
administration, 259–264
administrative orders, 256
adoption, 276
central administration, 258, 259–261
children, 275–276
citizenship, 269
class, 270
constitutional and administrative
law, 258–266
contracts, 279–281
corvée, 266
courts, 264–266
crime and delict, 281–282
curses, 282
divorce, 275
documents as evidence, 268–269
evidence, 268–269
family, 274–276
functions, 266
gender and age, 270–272
hire, 276, 280–281
inheritance, 277, 278–279
king, 258–259
land tenure, 276–277
law codes, 255–256
legislature, 259
litigation, 267–269
loans, 280
local government, 260, 263–264
marriage, 274–275
military, 266
oath as evidence, 268–269
organs of government, 258–266
parties to litigation, 267
personal status, 269–274
polygamy, 275
private legal documents, 256–257
property, 276–279
provincial administration, 261–263
remarriage, 275
royal inscriptions, 256
sales, 279–280
security, 280
slavery, 272–274
sources of law, 255–257
special institutions, 282 1087
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