ANCIENT LAW.
XI. Where Cattle, which have done no Injury, are Shut Up.
Whoever confines any cattle in an enclosure, when no damage has been previously caused by them, if he is a slave, and has done this without his master’s knowledge, he shall receive forty lashes; and if he is a freeman, he shall be compelled to pay one tremisa, for every two cattle, to the owner thereof. In case any of said cattle should be mutilated or killed, compensation for the same shall be made, as provided by a former law.
ANCIENT LAW.
XII. Where an Animal Causes Injury to Anyone.
Where any quadruped, while under the control of its owner, causes any damage, the owner shall either surrender said animal to the party who sustained the injury, or shall make such other amends as shall be ordered by the judge.
ANCIENT LAW.
XIII. Where an Animal is Injured, or Killed, by a Blow.
Where anyone strikes a beast of burden belonging to another, so that, by reason of the blow, said animal is either crippled or killed, he who struck the blow shall be compelled to give to the owner of said animal another of equal value, and shall be entitled to the animal that was injured. If said person should not have a beast of burden wherewith to make restitution, as aforesaid, he shall pay the appraised value of the animal to the owner thereof. A similar rule shall apply to horses and to all other animals.
ANCIENT LAW.