Disinheritance: by adoptive parents, 157, 160, 167; done before the judge, 58, 168, 157, 160 by due legal process, 58, 168, 149, 167 carried out before a judge, 167 of adopted child, not complete, 167 of adoptive parents, 61, 192, 193, 150, 159 of mother by her son, 149 of son by his father, 42, III, 149, 167 of son by his mother, 42, IV, 149, 150 of son laid before a judge for inquiry, 58, 168, 167 of son-in-law, 57, 159 repudiation and reduction to the condition of slave, 166, 39 Distraint. _See_ Mancipium: death of person in, 52, 115, 116 fine for illegal, one-third mina of silver, 52, 114; of working ox, fine one-third mina of silver, 64, 241 illegal on warehoused goods, 53, 120 security against illegal, 52, 114 District or city: for ransom of official, 47, 32 liable for highway robbery, 46, 23 Divorce: as regulated by the Code, 141 custody of the children to the wife, 141 easiest form of, 55, 138, 143 easy for the man, difficult for the woman, 141 grounds of, 141 laws of, 54, 137, 55, 138 legal ceremony, 134 man must give wife or concubine a maintenance, 141 might marry again, 141 of concubine, 54, 137; of votary, 54, 137 price of divorce, 55, 139, 142 protection of the wife’s rights, 140, 141 retains right to her marriage-portion, 141 shares with her children in deceased husband’s estate, 141 wife can only divorce by lawsuit, 143 wife takes her bride-price and marriage-portion, 55, 188, 141; if no bride-price, one mina of silver, 55, 139, 141; from plebeian one-third mina, 55, 140 Doctor. _See_ Surgeon, Veterinary: fees for curing, 63, 215-221 paid by assailant, 62, 206 penalties, 63, 218-220 privileges and responsibilities, 63, 215-221 Donations and bequests: as alienation of property, 218 _sq._ in Assyria, 222 in second Babylonian Empire, 222 to temple a free gift, 223 to the chief priest of the temple, 223 Dowry. _See_ Marriage-portion Drowning. _See_ Death Penalty: as a penalty, considered, 97, 117, 143 as penalty for selling drink too cheap, 52, 108 for desertion of husband, 54, 133 for repudiating her husband, 143 penalty for adultery, 54, 133 penalty for incest, 56, 155 penalty on undutiful and slanderous wife, 55, 143 Duplicate: of court decision, 87 of tablet, 79 Ear cut off as penalty, 62, 205 Education in ancient Babylonia, 151-153 interpretation of signs on the monuments, 165 phrase-books, 151, 152, 153 schools, 152 slaves were apprenticed, 152 writing and use of word-phrases, 152 Elam, Elamites, troubles of, 360 _sq._ Elamite contracts, 30 Elders as assessors to the judges, 80 _sq._ Endowment of temples by kings, 195, 208 _sq._ Entailed. _See_ Family: family property, 122, 184 land, 184 Equals, assault on, 62, 200, 203, 204