Evolution of Law: Sources of ancient and primitive lawLittle, Brown,, 1915 - Law |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 52
Page 20
... debt owing to them in goodly Elis . And the men that were leaders of the Pylians gathered together and divided all , for to many did the Epeians owe a debt , for few we were , and oppressed , that dwelt in Pylos . For the mighty ...
... debt owing to them in goodly Elis . And the men that were leaders of the Pylians gathered together and divided all , for to many did the Epeians owe a debt , for few we were , and oppressed , that dwelt in Pylos . For the mighty ...
Page 61
... debts ; and for a patron to witness against his client , or a client against his patron , was what no law nor magistrate could enforce . In aftertimes , all other duties subsisting still between them , it was thought mean and ...
... debts ; and for a patron to witness against his client , or a client against his patron , was what no law nor magistrate could enforce . In aftertimes , all other duties subsisting still between them , it was thought mean and ...
Page 79
... debt , and might be seized , and either sent into slavery at home , or sold to strangers ; some ( for no law forbade it ) were forced to sell their children , or fly their country to avoid the cruelty of their credi- tors ; but the most ...
... debt , and might be seized , and either sent into slavery at home , or sold to strangers ; some ( for no law forbade it ) were forced to sell their children , or fly their country to avoid the cruelty of their credi- tors ; but the most ...
Page 80
... debts remained should be forgiven , and no man , for the future , should engage the body of his debtor for security . Though some , as Androtion , affirm that the debts were not can- celled , but the interest only lessened , which ...
... debts remained should be forgiven , and no man , for the future , should engage the body of his debtor for security . Though some , as Androtion , affirm that the debts were not can- celled , but the interest only lessened , which ...
Page 81
only free the people from their debts ; upon which they , using their advantage , made haste and borrowed some considerable sums of money , and purchased some large farms ; and when the law was enacted , they kept the possessions , and ...
only free the people from their debts ; upon which they , using their advantage , made haste and borrowed some considerable sums of money , and purchased some large farms ; and when the law was enacted , they kept the possessions , and ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Achaians Agamemnon Althing Asgrim Athens Barachiel belong booth Brahmana brother brought called cattle cause ceremonies Cersobleptes Charidemus chief Churinga clan Clodius contract council court crime custom daughter death debt declared decree defendant denars dowry Eyjolf father Flosi galanas gave gens give given Gizur gods grain Gunnar hand hath Hauskuld Hebrew Hrut husband judge Kafir Kari kill kine king land lord Magistrates manehs marriage matter Milo Mord mother murder Njal Njal's Nomarch oath Odysseus owner party person pledge Point Barrow possession priest Publius Clodius punishment Pylos Rameses II Scribe Shamash shekels shillings ships silver Skarphedinn slain slave slaying sons spake suit summoned surety tablet Telemachus thee theft things Thord's Thorgeir Thorhall thou shalt tion took witness totem translation trial tribe Urabunna Valgard's wife wives woman women words Zeus
Popular passages
Page 393 - And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
Page 392 - For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
Page 414 - When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
Page 439 - If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
Page 435 - They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Page 403 - If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field ; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
Page 401 - If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him usury.
Page 410 - And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will ; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.
Page 389 - Then both the men between whom the controversy is shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days...
Page 437 - But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.