=V.= _Where any one gives in Marriage his Slave, of Either Sex, to the Slave of Another._ =VI.= _Where a Woman contracts a Second Marriage in the Absence of her Husband._ =VII.= _Where a Master Marries one of his Slaves to a Freewoman, declaring him to be a Freeman._ =VIII.= _Where a Freewoman Marries without the Consent of her Parents._ =ANCIENT LAW.= =I. Where a Woman Marries within a Year after the Death of her Husband.= If any woman, within a year after the death of her husband, should marry another, or commit adultery, the children by her first marriage shall receive half of her property; or, if there are no children, the nearest heirs of the deceased husband shall receive half of her property, by order of the court. We have especially prescribed this penalty lest the woman, having been left pregnant by her husband, and desiring to enter into a second marriage, should destroy her unborn offspring. We decree, however, that those only shall be exempt from the operation of this law, who marry within the prohibited time under order of the king. =II. Where a Freeborn Woman Marries a Slave, or her own Freedman.= If a freeborn woman should commit adultery with her own slave, or freedman, or should marry him; as soon as this has been proved, she shall be put to death; and both adulterer and adulteress shall be publicly scourged before the judge, and burned. And whenever any judge shall be convinced of the commission of such a crime, and shall learn that any mistress has married her slave, or her freedman; he shall at once cause them to be separated, in order that the sons of her former husband, or those of his relatives entitled to it by legal succession, may obtain possession of her property. But if heirs, to the third degree, should be wanting, then all her property shall belong to the royal treasury; for it is not proper that the children born of such a marriage should be heirs. And the woman, whether she be a virgin or a widow, shall be liable to the penalty hereinbefore mentioned. But if she should take refuge at the altar, and claim the privilege of sanctuary, she shall be given by the king to whomever he chooses, to serve him forever as a slave. =III. Where a Freeborn Woman Marries the Slave of Another, or a Freeborn Man the Female Slave of Another.=