If an artizan has undertaken to rear a child and teaches him his craft, he can not be demanded back.
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Code of Hammurabi § 188
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If he has not taught him his craft, this adopted son may return to his father’s house.
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The son of a paramour in the palace service, or of a prostitute, can not be demanded back.