Studies in Moro History, Law, and ReligionSaleeby, Najeeb M. (Najeeb Mitry)
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Studies in Moro History, Law, and Religion
Saleeby, Najeeb M. (Najeeb Mitry)
Law -- Philippines; Mindanao Island (Philippines) -- History; Muslims -- Philippines
The blood money for the life of a woman or of a hermaphrodite shall
be half that of a man; so also shall the fines for wounding a woman
be rated as half those for wounding a man.
Article LIX
If a free man divorces his wife three times, or a slave divorces his
wife twice, it shall not be lawful for him, the man, to marry again
before the divorced woman is married to another person.
Article LX
Section 1. If the husband of a pregnant free woman dies, or a free
woman is divorced, she shall mourn four months and ten days.
Sec. 2. If a slave woman is divorced, she shall mourn two months and
five days.
Sec. 3. If a pregnant free woman is divorced, she shall mourn until
childbirth.
Article LXI
If a person throws the sweepings of a house or the parings of fruits
on the road, and a person carrying certain articles and passing on the
road steps on them and thereby slips and falls and loses his property,
the person who threw the sweepings or the fruit parings on the road
shall pay for the lost property. He shall also be responsible for
any injury resulting from the fall.
Article LXII
If a person gives an imbecile or an insane person or a child poison
to eat, and said child, insane person, or imbecile dies as a result
thereof, he shall be punished.
Article LXIII
If a man gets drunk and fights or kills another, he shall be liable
to punishment.
Article LXIV
If a child or an imbecile or an insane person kills another person,
he shall not be liable to punishment, but shall pay blood money.
Article LXV
If a child under age is in a high place and is frightened by some
person and as a result thereof falls and dies, the person who
frightened him shall pay his blood money.
Article LXVI
If a person who is shooting or hunting startles a child who happens
to be in some high place, and the child falls and dies as a result
thereof, he shall pay a small fine as blood money.
Article LXVII
If a slave is wounded, the fine in compensation for his injury shall
be the price of the slave in case of death, or an amount equal to
the decrease in the value of the slave in case he does not die.
Article LXVIII
Section 1. If a slave is guilty of cutting another, he shall be
liable for the fine thereby incurred; if his master does not pay the
fine, he may sell the guilty slave and pay the fine from the amount
received therefor.
Sec. 2. If the master of the guilty slave refuses to sell him, he
shall compensate for the decreased value of the slave who has been cut.
Article LXIX
Section 1. If a plaintiff produces a witness, his statement shall
be sustained.
Sec. 2. If a plaintiff has not a witness, the defendant shall take
an oath; but if the defendant refuses to take an oath, the plaintiff
shall swear and his statement shall be sustained.
Article LXX
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