UR_, 1/6 shekel ,, 277.
(_N.B_.--In corn measure, 1 _GUR_=300 _KA_, worth one shekel of
silver, and one shekel=80 _SE_.

Hostage for debt. _See_ Mancipium.

Housebreaking, 21, 125.

Husband. _See_ Re-marriage, Wife, Divorce, Separation.

Hypothecation, of crop, regulated, 49.

Identification of lost property, 9.

Ignorance, plea of, 206, 227.

Illegal purchase, 35, 37.

Impalement, as penalty, 153.
for procuring husband's death, 153.

Incest, 154-158.
of man and daughter, 154.
of man and daughter-in-law, 155, 156.
of man and mother, 157.
of man and stepmother, 158.

Inheritance. _See_ Share.

Innocent wife, separation from bad husband, 142. _See_ Separation.

Interest on loan, etc., 49, 50, 100, X.
abatement, 48.

Intimidation of witnesses, 3.

Jilting, 159.

Judge, duties and liabilities, 5, 9, 127, 167, 168, 172, 177.

Judgement, false. _See_ False.
by default, 10.

Kidnapping, 14.

King's standard, 44, 51. _See_ Hire, Scale.

Lancet, bronze, used in surgical operations, 215, 218, 220.

Landlord's risks, 46.

Lease, of house, Y.
field to cultivate, 42.
,, to reclaim, three years, 44.
,, to plant as garden, five years, 60.
garden to till, 64.
terms, not invalidated by neglect, 52.
damages for not carrying _out_ terms, 63.
_See_ Metayer.

Levy. _See_ Militia.

_Lex talionis_. _See_ Retaliation.

Libel. _See_ Slander.

Lion, referred to, 244, 266.

Local liability for--
compensation for highway robbery, 23, 24.
redemption of captive official, 32.

Loss, by burglary or rebellion, 125.
of hired animal, by lion, 244.
,, by neglect, 245.
,, by blows, 245.
,, by hand of God, 249.
of flock or herd, by hand of God, 266.
,, by lion, 226.
of crop, when shared by landlord, 45.
of interest. _See_ Abatement.

Lost property, recovery by owner, 9.
sale by finder=theft, 9.

Lying, 11, 12.

Magistrate, over township, 23, 24.

Maid, female slave--
given by wife to husband, to bear children, 144.
not to rival mistress, 146.
if so, reckoned slave again, 146.
not sold, if a mother, 146.
may be sold, if not, 146.
children, acknowledged by husband, in his lifetime, share equally with
wife's children, 170.
otherwise, free, but not heirs, 171.

Maintenance, of wife in absence, 133-135.
of divorced wife, 137.
or concubine, 137.

_Malice prepense_ 206.

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