Arms given to bailiffs for purposes of defence, can under no circumstances be reclaimed by the donor, but whatever property a bailiff acquired, while in office, shall remain in the possession of his patron.[27]
III. Concerning Property Acquired through the Appointment of a Patron, or which has been Donated by Him.
As has been hereinbefore stated, if anyone, while under the protection of another, should acquire any property while living with him, and should prove unfaithful to his patron, or wish to abandon him; the patron shall be entitled to half the property so acquired, and the other half shall belong to him by whose exertions it was obtained, and whatever the patron has given him he shall be entitled to keep.
ANCIENT LAW.
IV. Concerning Property Accepted and Acquired through the Office of Patron.
As has been stated elsewhere, if anyone should abandon his patron and claim the protection of another, and he to whom he applies should give him land, the patron whom he has deserted is entitled to any land, and to whatever else he himself may have given him.
TITLE IV. CONCERNING EXCHANGES AND SALES.
| I. | What Constitutes a Valid Exchange, and what a Valid Purchase. |
| II. | If the Vendor is not a Person of Good Character, he must give a Surety. |
| III. | Any Sale made under Compulsion shall be Void. |
| IV. | In Case the Price should not be Paid, after Earnest Money has been Given. |
| V. | Where only Part of the Price is Paid. |
| VI. | Where Fraud is Committed in Stating the Price of whatever is Sold. |
| VII. | Where Anyone says that he Sold his Property for Less than it was Worth. |
| VIII. | Concerning Those who Sell, or Give Away, the Property of Others. |
| IX. | It shall not be Lawful to Sell, or Give Away, Property whose Ownership is in Dispute. |
| X. | Where a Freeman Allows Himself to be Sold. |
| XI. | Concerning Free Men and Free Women Sold by Slaves or Freemen. |
| XII. | It shall be Illegal for Parents to Sell their Children, or, by any Contract whatsoever, to Place Them in the Power of Others. |
| XIII. | Concerning Sales by Slaves. |
| XIV. | Where a Slave, who has been Sold, Accuses his Former Master of Crime. |
| XV. | A Master may Claim the Property of a Slave whom he has Sold. |
| XVI. | Whether a Slave may be Redeemed with his own Private Property. |
| XVII. | No One, against his Will, shall be Compelled to Sell his Slaves. |
| XVIII. | Where a Slave, on Account of a Crime he has Committed, is Transferred to the Possession of Another. |
| XIX. | Concerning Property Belonging to Private Persons, and to the Court, which may not be Alienated. |
| XX. | Where Anyone Sells, or Gives Away Property, whose Possession should first have been Transferred by Judicial Decree. |
| XXI. | Of Slaves Captured and Sold by the Enemy. |
| XXII. | For what Price this Book shall be Bought. |
ANCIENT LAW.
I. What Constitutes a Valid Exchange, and what a Valid Purchase.