Any one who is known to have assisted, or to have been present, at the
carrying off of any woman by force, if he is a freeman, shall pay a
fine of six ounces of gold, and shall publicly receive fifty lashes
with the scourge. If he is a slave, and acted without the consent of
his master, he shall receive a hundred lashes. But if he should commit
this crime with the consent of his master, the latter must give such
satisfaction in his stead as has already been stated.
TITLE IV. CONCERNING ADULTERY.
=I.= _Where a Woman Commits Adultery with, or without, the
Connivance of her Husband._
=II.= _Where a Girl or a Woman who has been Betrothed is found
Guilty of Adultery._
=III.= _Concerning the Adultery of a Wife._
=IV.= _Where an Adulterer, along with an Adulteress, is Killed._
=V.= _Where her Father, or her Relatives, Kill a Girl who has
been Guilty of Adultery in their House._
=VI.= _It is not Lawful for Slaves to put Persons to Death who
are taken in Adultery._
=VII.= _Where a Girl, or a Widow, goes to the House of Another,
in order to commit Adultery, and the Man should wish
to Marry Her._
=VIII.= _Where a Freeborn Woman commits Adultery with Any One._
=IX.= _Where a Freeborn Woman commits Adultery with the Husband
of Another._
=X.= _Slaves of Both Sexes may be Tortured to reveal the
Adultery of their Masters._
=XI.= _Whether it shall be Lawful to set a Slave at Liberty,
in order to Conceal the Crime of Adultery._
=XII.= _Concerning the Property of Husbands or Wives who have
committed Adultery._
=XIII.= _Concerning those Persons who have a Right to bring
Accusations of Adultery, and what Proof of the Crime
should be Made._
=XIV.= _Where a Freedman, or a Slave, has been Convicted of
having committed Adultery, with Violence, upon a
Freeborn Virgin, or Widow._
=XV.= _Where a Freeman, or a Slave without the Knowledge of
his Master, commits Adultery with the Female Slave of
Another._
=XVI.= _Where a Female Slave is proved to have committed
Adultery with Another by Force._
=XVII.= _Concerning Freeborn Women, or Female Slaves, of Bad
Character; and Where Judges Refuse to Investigate, or
Punish their Crimes._
=XVIII.= _Concerning the Impurity of Priests and other
Ministers of Religion._
=ANCIENT LAW.=
=I. Where a Woman Commits Adultery with, or without, the Connivance of
her Husband.=
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