[155.] Three cohabitations[92] that do not pay a marriage-portion: taking her by force, outraging her without her knowledge through drunkenness, her being violated by a king.
[92] fuchacht, or fuichecht, usually means 'cuckoldry,' a meaning which does not seem to suit here.
[156.] Three that are not entitled to exemption: restoring a son, the tools of an artificer, hostageship.
[157.] Three deposits that need not be returned: the deposits of an imbecile,[93] and of a high dignitary, and a fixed deposit.[94]
[93] i.e. a deposit made by an imbecile. Cf. Plato, Republic: "But surely you would never give back to a mad friend a sword which he had lent you?"
[94] But in the Heptads (Laws v. 196, 3) aithne fuirmida, there rendered by 'a deposited charge,' is enumerated as one of those to be restored even if there are no bonds to that effect.
[158.] Three dead ones that are paid for with living things: an apple-tree, a hazle-bush, a sacred grove.[95]
[95] there is nothing in the laws to explain this.
[159.] Three that neither swear nor are sworn: a woman, a son who does not support his father, a dumb person.
[160.] Three that are not entitled to renunciation of authority: a son and his father, a wife and her husband, a serf and his lord.