7. If a man, after his father, has lain in the bosom of his
mother, one shall burn them both of them together.
section 158. If a man, after his father, has been caught in the bosom of
her that brought him up, who has borne children, that man shall be cut
off from his father's house.
section 159. If a man who has brought in a present to the house of his
father-in-law, has given a dowry, has looked upon another woman, and has
said to his father-in-law, 'Thy daughter I will not marry,' the father of
the daughter shall take to himself all that he brought him.
section 160. If a man has brought in a present to the house of his
father-in-law, has given a dowry, and the father of the daughter has
said, 'My daughter I will not give thee,' he shall make up and return
everything that he brought him.
section 161. If a man has brought in a present to the house of his
father-in-law, has given a dowry, and a comrade of his has slandered him,
his father-in-law has said to the claimant of the wife, 'My daughter thou
shalt not espouse,' he shall make up and return all that he brought him,
and his comrade shall not marry his wife.
section 162. If a man has married a wife and she has borne him children,
and that woman has gone to her fate, her father shall have no claim on
her marriage portion, her marriage portion is her children's forsooth.
section 163. If a man has married a wife, and she has not granted him
children, that woman has gone to her fate, if his father-in-law has
returned him the dowry that that man brought to the house of his father-
in-law, her husband shall have no claim on the marriage portion of that
woman, her marriage portion belongs to the house of her father forsooth.
section 164. If his father-in-law has not returned him the dowry, he
shall deduct all her dowry from his marriage portion and shall return her
marriage portion to the house of her father.
section 165. If a man has apportioned to his son, the first in his eyes,
field, garden, and house, has written him a sealed deed, after the father
has gone to his fate, when the brothers divide, the present his father
gave him he shall take, and over and above he shall share equally in the
goods of the father's house.
section 166. If a man, in addition to the children which he has
possessed, has taken a wife, for his young son has not taken a wife,
after the father has gone to his fate, when the brothers divide, from the
goods of the father
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