=I.= _What Constitutes a Valid Exchange, and what a Valid Purchase._ =II.= _If the Vendor is not a Person of Good Character, he must give a Surety._ =III.= _Any Sale made under Compulsion shall be Void._ =IV.= _In Case the Price should not be Paid, after Earnest Money has been Given._ =V.= _Where only Part of the Price is Paid._ =VI.= _Where Fraud is Committed in Stating the Price of whatever is Sold._ =VII.= _Where Anyone says that he Sold his Property for Less than it was Worth._ =VIII.= _Concerning Those who Sell, or Give Away, the Property of Others._ =IX.= _It shall not be Lawful to Sell, or Give Away, Property whose Ownership is in Dispute._ =X.= _Where a Freeman Allows Himself to be Sold._ =XI.= _Concerning Free Men and Free Women Sold by Slaves or Freemen._ =XII.= _It shall be Illegal for Parents to Sell their Children, or, by any Contract whatsoever, to Place Them in the Power of Others._ =XIII.= _Concerning Sales by Slaves._ =XIV.= _Where a Slave, who has been Sold, Accuses his Former Master of Crime._ =XV.= _A Master may Claim the Property of a Slave whom he has Sold._ =XVI.= _Whether a Slave may be Redeemed with his own Private Property._ =XVII.= _No One, against his Will, shall be Compelled to Sell his Slaves._ =XVIII.= _Where a Slave, on Account of a Crime he has Committed, is Transferred to the Possession of Another._ =XIX.= _Concerning Property Belonging to Private Persons, and to the Court, which may not be Alienated._ =XX.= _Where Anyone Sells, or Gives Away Property, whose Possession should first have been Transferred by Judicial Decree._ =XXI.= _Of Slaves Captured and Sold by the Enemy._ =XXII.= _For what Price this Book shall be Bought._ =ANCIENT LAW.= =I. What Constitutes a Valid Exchange, and what a Valid Purchase.= An exchange, if not made under fear or force, shall have the same validity as a purchase. =ANCIENT LAW.= =II. If the Vendor is not a Person of Good Character, he must give a Surety.= If the vendor is not a person of highly respectable character, he shall give a freeborn bondsman as surety to the purchaser, and the sale shall then be valid. =ANCIENT LAW.= =III. Any Sale made under Compulsion shall be Void.= Any sale evidenced by an instrument in writing shall be perfectly valid. If there should be no written evidence of it, and it should be proved that the price was paid in the presence of witnesses, the purchase shall be legal. A sale shall be void in case it was extorted by violence or fear.