If a slave, without the order of his master, should strike a freeborn person, and the latter should die at once, from the effect of the blow, the slave shall be punished for homicide; but if the wounded person should not die immediately, the slave shall be imprisoned; and if he who was wounded should recover, his assailant shall receive two hundred lashes. The master, if he should wish to do so, may pay, in satisfaction of the injury, whatever sum may be assessed by the court; and, if he should refuse to do this, the slave shall be given to the party injured, in satisfaction for his crime. =XI. Where One Slave Mutilates Another Slave.= Where one slave inflicts mutilation upon another, he shall receive a hundred lashes, in addition to the pecuniary satisfaction due for the wound; and if, as a result of said wound, the other should be partially disabled, the judge shall estimate how much his value has been diminished in consequence. If his master should refuse to accept the sum thus estimated, as satisfaction, he shall be entitled to receive the price of the slave who was injured, or one of equal value, from him whose slave committed the attack; and said master shall retain the mutilated slave as his own. We decree that this law shall also apply to female slaves. TITLE V. CONCERNING HOMICIDE. =I.= _Where One Kills Another without Knowing it._ =II.= _Where One Kills Another without Seeing Him._ =III.= _Where One, being Pushed, Kills Another._ =IV.= _Where One, Seeking to Strike Another, Kills a Third Person._ =V.= _Where One is Killed while Interfering in a Quarrel._ =VI.= _Where One, Intending to Inflict a Slight Injury, Kills Another._ =VII.= _Where One, in Sport, or Recklessly, Kills Another._ =VIII.= _Where One Kills Another through Immoderate Punishment._ =IX.= _Where a Freeman Kills a Slave by Accident._ =X.= _Where a Slave Kills a Freeman by Accident._ =XI.= _Where One Man Intentionally Kills Another._ =XII.= _No Master shall Kill his Slave without Good Reason; and Where One Freeman Kills Another._ =XIII.= _No One shall Deprive a Male or Female Slave of a Limb._ =XIV.= _Any Person may bring an Accusation of Homicide._ =XV.= _Both Relatives and Strangers have a Right to Accuse a Person of Homicide._ =XVI.= _Where a Homicide Takes Refuge in a Church._ =XVII.= _Concerning Parricides, and the Disposition of their Property._ =XVIII.= _Concerning Those who Kill Others Related to Them by Blood._ =XIX.= _Where One Blood Relative is Accidentally Killed by Another._ =XX.= _Where One Slave Kills Another by Accident._ =XXI.= _Concerning Those who Destroy their Souls by Perjury._ =FLAVIUS RECESVINTUS, KING.=