II. Concerning Those who Debase _Solidi_, or Other Coins 261
III. Concerning Those who Debase Gold by a Mixture of
Other Metals 262
IV. Where Artificers of Metals are Found to have Abstracted
a Portion of what was Entrusted to Them 262
V. No One shall Refuse to Accept a Golden _Solidus_ of
Legal Weight 262
BOOK VIII.
CONCERNING ACTS OF VIOLENCE AND INJURIES.
TITLE I.--_Concerning Attacks, and Plunder of Property._
I. The Patron, or the Master, shall Alone be Held Guilty,
if, by his Orders, a Freeman or a Slave should
Commit any Unlawful Act 264
II. Where a Party in Possession is Expelled by Force 264
III. Where Many Persons Unite in Causing Bloodshed 264
IV. Where a Person is Shut up by Violence, Inside his Own
House, or Within his Gate 265
V. Property, while in the Possession of Another, shall
not be Seized, Except Under Legal Process 266
VI. Where a Person is Guilty of Asking Others to Commit
Depredations 267
VII. A House shall not be Entered in the Absence of the
Master, or while he is on a Public Expedition 267
VIII. Where the Slaves of a Person who is Absent on a
Public Expedition Commit Unlawful Acts 268
IX. Concerning Those who, while on an Expedition, Commit
Robbery or Other Depredations 268
X. He in whose Possession Stolen Property has been
Found, shall be Compelled to name his associates in
the Crime 269
XI. Concerning Those who are Guilty of Giving Directions
to Others for Purposes of Robbery 269
XII. Concerning Those who Rob, or Inflict Annoyance
upon Anyone, while he is on a Journey, or at Work
in the Country 269
XIII. Whether a Person Caught in the Act of Robbery may
be Killed 270
TITLE II.--_Concerning Arson and Incendiaries._
I. Concerning Those who set Fire to Houses either Within
or Without a City 271
II. Where Forests are set on Fire 272
III. Where a Conflagration Results from the Smouldering
Campfire of a Traveller 273
TITLE III.--_Concerning Injuries to Trees, Gardens, or
Growing Crops of any Description._
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