Code of Hammurabi § 17 (King translation)

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Code of Hammurabi § 17

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Lakeland South, Washington (Wikipedia) Lakeland South is a census-designated place (CDP) in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 13,169 at the 2020 census.

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Codex Hammurabi (King translation)

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If the slave will not give the name of the master, the finder shall bring him to the palace; a further investigation must follow, and the slave shall be returned to his master.

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If any one receive into his house a runaway male or female slave of the court, or of a freedman, and does not bring it out at the public proclamation of the major domus, the master of the house shall be put to death.