Debt, abatement for damage by storm, deluge, and drought, 48. not to be repaid from debtor's goods, without his consent, 113. hostages for, 117. to be well treated, 118. released after three years, 117. of man before marriage, not binding on wife, 151. of woman before marriage, not binding on husband, 151. of both after marriage, binding on both, 151. Debtor's risk, 48. privileged to pay in kind, Z. Defamation, 161. Deferred foreclosure, 48. Degradation from office, 5. Deification of river Euphrates, 2. _Delegatus non potest delegare_, 26, 33. Deposit. _See_ Storage, Trust, Warehouse, 7. not recoverable unless witnessed and sealed for, 123. from domestic inferior, illegal without witnessed contract, 7. Desertion, by husband, of wife-- involuntary, 133. of city and wife, 136. of adoptive parents, 193. Detention of fugitive slave punished, 19. Disinheritance, for incest, 159. of son, 168. not without legal process and for good cause, 168. Distraint for debt, 114, 115. unjustified, fine one-third mina of silver, each time, 114. death of person taken in, 115, 110. not allowed on warehoused goods, 120. of working ox fined, 241. District liable, for highway robbery, 23. for ransom of official, 32. Diverted to, perhaps 'captured in,' Winckler's tr. Divorce, 137, 138. wife takes her bride-price, 137. or fixed sum, one mina of silver from gentleman, 139. or fixed sum, one-third mina from poor man, 140. Doctor, privileges and responsibilities, 215-221. fees for cures, 215, 221. causes death, 218-220. paid by assailant, 206. Domestic inferior. _See_ Minor. Dowry. _See_ Bride-price. Drowning, as penalty for-- selling drink too cheap, 109. adultery, 129. bad wife, 143. incest with daughter-in-law, 155. deserting husband's house in his enforced absence, being provided with proper maintenance, 133. Dyke, 53. Ear cut off as penalty, 205. Endowment of office. _See_ Benefice. Equals, assault of, 200, 203, 206. Evicted purchaser reimbursed, 9. tenant reimbursed, Y. Exchange, of benefice illegal, 41. Exile, penalty for incest, 154. Eye, torn out as penalty, 193. struck out in assault, 196. disease of, 215. cure of, fee for, ten shekels of silver, 215. loss of eye, assessed at five shekels of silver, 220. False judgement, penalty for, 5. claims for money or goods, 106, 107, 126. accusation of adultery, 131. Farm. _See_ Lease. Fatal assault of gentleman by gentleman, 207. of gentleman by poor man, 208. Favourite son, may be gifted by father, 165. in his lifetime, 165. by written deed, 165. other children no claim against, 165. takes equal share with them on father's death, 165.