72. If the nail of a great toe be cut off, 30 scaetts for bot; for each of the others, make bot with 10 scaetts. 73. If a freewoman loc-bore [with long hair] commit any leswe [evil deed], let her make a bot of 30 shillings. 74. Let maiden-bot [compensation for injury to an unmarried woman] be as that of a freeman. 75. For [breach of] the mund [protection] of a widow of the best class, of an eorl's degree, let the bot be 50 shillings; of the second, 20 shillings; of the third, 12 shillings; of the fourth, 6 shillings. [Mund was a sum paid to the family of the bride for transferring the rightful protection they possessed over her to the family of the husband. If the husband died and his kindred did not accept the terms sanctioned by law, her kindred could repurchase the rightful protection.] 76. If a man carry off a widow not under his own protection by right, let the mund be twofold. 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 goods]and the morgen-gyfe [morning gift; a gift make 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, 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 [a type of slave] steal, let him make twofold bot [twice the value of the stolen goods]. " Judicial Procedure If a man did something wrong, his case would be heard by the King and his freemen. His punishment would be given to him by the community. There were occasional meetings of "hundreds", which were probably a hundred hides of land or a hundred extended families, to settle wide-spread disputes. Chapter 2 The Times: 600-900