77. If a man buy a maiden with cattle, let the bargain stand, if it be without fraud; but if there be fraud, let him bring her home again, and let his property be restored to him. 78. If she bear a live child, she shall have half the property, if the husband die first. 79. If she wish to go away with her children, she shall have half the property. 80. If the husband wish to keep them [the children], [she shall have the same portion] as one child. 81. If she bear no child, her paternal kindred shall have the fioh [her money and chattels] and the morgen gyfe [morning gift: a gift made to the bride by her husband on the morning following the consummation of the marriage]. 82. If a man carry off a maiden by force, let him pay 50 shillings to the owner, and afterwards buy [the object of] his will from the owner. 83. If she be betrothed to another man in money [at a bride price], let him [who carried her off] make bot with 20 shillings. 84. If she become gaengang [pregnant], 35 shillings; and 15 shillings to the King. 85. If a man lie with an esne's wife, her husband still living, let him make twofold bot. 86. If one esne slay another unoffending, let him pay for him at his full worth. 87. If an esne's eye and foot be struck out or off, let him be paid for at his full worth. 88. If any one bind another man's esne, let him make bot with 6 shillings. 89. Let [compensation for] weg reaf [highway robbery] of a theow [slave] be 3 shillings. 90. If a theow steal, let him make twofold bot [twice the value of the stolen goods]." - Judicial Procedure - The King and his freemen would hear and decide cases of wrongful behavior such as breach of the peace. Punishment would be given to the offender by the community. There were occasional meetings of "hundreds", which were 100 households, to settle widespread disputes. The chief officer was "hundreder" or "constable". He was responsible for keeping the peace of the hundred. The Druid priests decided all disputes of the Celts. - - - Chapter 2 - - - - The Times: 600-900 - The country was inhabited by Anglo-Saxons. The French called it "Angleterre", which means the angle or end of the earth. It was called "Angle land", which later became "England".