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The Oldest Code of Laws in the World - The code of laws promulgated by Hammurabi, King of Babylon - B.C. 2285-2242 by Hammurabi
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section 18. If that slave will not name his owner he shall drive him to
the palace, and one shall enquire into his past, and cause him to return
to his owner.

section 19. If he confine that slave in his house, and afterwards the
slave has been seized in his hand, that man shall be put to death.

section 20. If the slave has fled from the hand of his captor, that man
shall swear by the name of God, to the owner of the slave, and shall go
free.

section 21. If a man has broken into a house, one shall kill him before
the breach and bury him in it (?).

section 22. If a man has carried on brigandage, and has been captured,
that man shall be put to death.

section 23. If the brigand has not been caught, the man who has been
despoiled shall recount before God what he has lost, and the city and
governor in whose land and district the brigandage took place shall
render back to him whatever of his was lost.

section 24. If it was a life, the city and governor shall pay one mina
of silver to his people.

section 25. If in a man's house a fire has been kindled, and a man who
has come to extinguish the fire has lifted up his eyes to the property of
the owner of the house, and has taken the property of the owner of the
house, that man shall be thrown into that fire.

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