FIFTH--SOTAH, OR TO TURN ASIDE.--This treats of the enactments relating to trials occasioned through jealousy between man and wife; the nature of the punishment inflicted on the woman, if it be proved that she had been guilty of the crime of adultery. SIXTH--GITTEN, OR LETTER OF DIVORCE.--This treats of the laws of divorce. It explains when, and under what circumstances, a divorce may be granted. It directs also all the formulæ to be used and observed in all cases of divorce. SEVENTH--KEDUSHEEN, OR BETROTHING.--This treats of the laws, customs, and ceremony of betrothing; the forms, rites, and regulations to be observed at the solemnization of the marriage according to the laws of Moses and Israel. The fourth general head, or class, is called Nezeekeen, or Damages. This class is divided into eight sections; the first of which is again subdivided into three separate sections, as follow. FIRST--BOVOH KAMMA, OR FIRST GATE.--This first section treats of all such damages, which may be recovered for injuries done, either by man or beast. SECOND--BOVOH MEZIAH, OR MIDDLE GATE.--This treats of the laws of usury. It explains what is, and what is not, considered an act of usury. It speaks also on matters of special trust; of letting or hire, and such like transactions between man and man. THIRD--BOVOH BOSROH, OR LAST GATE.--This treats of the laws relating to commerce, copartnership, buying and selling; also, the laws of inheritance, and the right of succession. The above three sections are called by the Talmud and Mishna, gates, because, in the East, the courts of law were held within the gates of the city. SECOND--SANHEDREEN, OR SENATE.--This speaks of the great senate, as also of the minor courts of judicature; of the causes for trial, and the nature of the punishment inflicted for the several crimes; the four kinds of death, as the penalty for capital offenses. It describes, also, very minutely, the mode to be adopted by the Judges in the examination of witnesses. THIRD--MACCOUS, OR PUNISHMENT.--This portion treats more especially of that which may constitute false testimony, or inadmissible evidence; the laws relative to the forty stripes inflicted on the delinquent; the reason why the rabbins directed that only thirty-nine stripes should be inflicted instead of forty, as stated in the bible; also, the manner in which the said punishment should be administered. It relates, likewise, the regulations to be observed by such persons who were compelled to seek shelter in the cities of refuge. FOURTH--SHEVUNGOUS, OR OATHS.--This section explains the laws to be observed in the administration of an oath; in what cases an oath shall or shall not be submitted to the contending parties; who shall or who shall not be considered qualified to take the oath.