If a man opens his ditch for irrigation, and the water overflows and floods his neighbor's field, he shall pay grain to his neighbor for his loss.
Babylonian king, code of laws
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"If any one deceive a barber, and have him mark a slave not for sale with the sign of a slave, he shall be put to death, and buried in his house. The barber shall swear: “I did not mark him wittingly,”…"
Humorous"If the slave of a freed man strike the body of a freed man, his ear shall be cut off."
Humorous"If a man has harbored a runaway slave, male or female, in his house and has not brought him forth at the summons of the public crier, the owner of the house shall be put to death."
Controversial"If a man accuses another man and brings a charge of murder against him, but cannot prove it, his accuser shall be put to death."
Controversial"If a man puts out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out."
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