Concubine:
divorced, free to marry, 54, 137, 135
had marriage-portion, 134
her daughter, dowered by deed, shall not share in father’s estate, 60,
183, 135
her daughter, if not dowered, shall be presented with marriage-portion,
60, 184
if a mother and divorced, her legal rights, 54, 137, 135
if a mother, cannot be sold, 55, 146, 135
if childless, may be sold, 55, 147, 135
may receive a slave-mark, 55, 146, 135
must not rival wife, 55, 145, 135
not equal in status to votary, 55, 144-147, 135
restrictions on her marriage, 55, 144-147
Concubinage as a system, 134, 135
Conjugal rights, denial of, 55, 142, 142
denial of, counted equal to desertion, 142
liable to judicial inquiry, 142
Contracts, old, their present value, xii _sq._
Corn:
cultivated and paid in rent, 48, 49
given on loan, 253
tithed to the temple, 208
under charge of the bailiff, 48, 49, 49, 52
with sesame, 48, 49, 49, 50-52
Corporate liability, 46, 23, 47, 32
Corvée. _See_ Militia
Cow in milk, on hire, 65, 243
Courts of law:
cases before, 87
form of procedure, 83 _sq._, 87 _sq._
nature and action, 80 _sq._
penalties from, 95
settlements out of, 87, 111
Creditor. _See_ Merchant, Debtor:
cannot take property without owner’s leave, 52, 113
in marital responsibilities, 56, 151, 152
may not pay himself without debtor’s consent, 52, 113
may sell pledged slave, 53, 118
must restore all illegally taken, 52, 113; and forfeits his claim, 52,
113
punishable for cruel treatment of hostage, 52, 116
responsible for fair treatment of hostage, 52, 115
Criminal law, 116-118
Crop:
in pledge for debt, 48, 48
its duties, 49, 49-52
kinds cultivated, 48, 44, 46, 48, 49, 49, 50, 51, 52
Cultivation:
duties and rent, 48, 42 _sq._
of field described, 48, 43, 44
Custody of child in mother, 46, 29
Cutting down trees, assessment of damage, one-half mina of silver, 50, 59
Damage to crops:
by cutting down trees, one-half mina of silver per tree, 50, 59
by flood assessed at average crop, 49, 55;
assessed at 10 GUR of corn for each GAN of land, 49, 56
by sheep assessed at 20 GUR of corn for each GAN of land, 49, 57;
assessed at 60 GUR of corn for each GAN of land, 49, 58
Damages due. _See_ Fines:
for flooding from open dike wall, 49, 53, 54, 55, 56
for illegal eviction, 50
not a fine, 91
to deceased’s relatives, one mina of silver, 46, 24
Death:
of defendant, 45, 12
of housebreaker, 46, 21
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