Not to be bequeathed to an official,s familys39
Not to be bequeathed to an official,'s familys39. From the field, garden, or house which he has bought and acquiredhe shall make bequests to his wife, or daughter, or shall assign for hisdebt
The obligation resting upon a buyer of real estateS 40. A votary, merchant, or resident alien may sell his field, garden, orhouse, and the buyer shall discharge the public service connected withthe field, garden, or house that he has bought
A benefice not to be exchangeds 41. If a man has given property in exchange for the field, garden, orhouse, of a levv-master, warrant-officer, or tributary such an officialshall return to his field, garden, or house, and he shall appropriate theproperty given in exchange
Responsibilities of land-tenantss 42. If a man has hired a field to cultivate and has caused no corn togrow on the field, he shall be held responsible for not doing the work onthe field and shall pay an average rent
Responsibilities of land-tenantss43. If he has not cultivated the field and has left it alone, he shall give tothe owner of the field an average rent, and the field which he has neg-lected he shall break up with mattocks and plough it, and shall return itto the owner of the felo
The rent of unbroken lands4. If a man has taken a piece of virgin soil to open up, on a three yearslease, but has left it alone, has not opened up the land, in the fourth vearhe shal break it up, hoc it, and plough it, and shall return it to the ownerof the field and shall measure out ten GuR of corn for each GA ofland
Loss of crop by storm apportioned between landlord andtenant$45. If a man has let his field to a farmer and has received his rent for thefield but afterward the field has been flooded by rain, or a storm has car-ried off the crop, the loss shall be the farmer
Loss of crop by storm apportioned between landlord andtenants 46. If he has not received the rent of his field, whether he let it for ahalf, or for a third, of the crop, the farmer and the owner of the field shallshare the com that is left in the field, according to their agreement
Landlord cannot restrain a satisfactory tenant from subletting547. If a tenant farmer, because he did not start farming in the early partof the vear, has sublet the field, the owner of the field shall not object: hisfield has been cultivated; at harvest-time he shall take rent, according tohis ag
Abatement of debt on account of storm, flood, or droughtS 48. If a man has incurred a debt and a storm has flooded his field orcarried away the crop, or the com has not grown because of drought, inthat year he shall not pay his creditor. Further, he shall post-date hisbond and shall not pay interest for that year
Rights in a crop pledged for debt$49. If a man has received money from a merchant and has given to themerchant a field, planted with com, or sesame, and has said to him,Cultivate the field and reap and take the corm, or sesame, that shall begrown", if the bailiff has reared corn, or sesame, in the field, at harvest-time the owner of the field shall take what corn, or sesame, has beengrown in the field and shall pay corn to the merchant for his money thathe took of him and its interest, and for the maintenance of the bailiff.
Rights in a crop pledged for debtS 50. If the field he gave was [already] cultivated, or the sesame wasgrown up, the owner of the field shall take the corn, or sesame, that hasbeen grown in the field, and shall return the money and its interest to themerchant
Rights in a crop pledged for debts 51. If he has not money enough, he shall give to the merchant sesame,or com, according to its market price, for the money which he took fromthe merchant and its interest, according to the king's standard
Rights in a crop pledged for debts 52. If the bailiff has not reared corn or sesame in the field the debtorsobligation shall not be lessened
Riparian responsibilitiesSS 53, 54. If a man has neglected to strengthen his dike and has not kepthis dike strong, and a breach has broken out in his dike, and the watershave flooded the meadow the man in whose dike the breach has brokenout shall restore the corn he has caused to be lost. [54]. If he be not ableto restore the corn, he and his goods shall be sold, and the owners of themeadow whose corn the water has carried away shall share the money.
Penalty for neglect to shut off waters 55. If a man has opened his runnel for watering and has left it open,and the water has flooded his neighbor's field, he shall pay him an aver-age crop.
Penalty for neglect to shut off water556. If a man has let out the waters and they flood the young plants inhis neighbor's field, he shall measure out ten gur of corn for each gan of
Damage done to growing crop by sheeps57. If a shepherd has not agreed with the owner of the field to allow hissheep to cat off the green crop and without consent of the owner has lcthis sheep feed off it, the owner of the field shall harvest his crop, but theshepherd who without consent of the owner of the field caused his sheepto eat it shall give to the owner of the field, over and above his crop.wenty gur of corn for cach gan of land.
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