uarrel, 206.
of poor man by poor man, 204.
of gentleman by slave, 205.
of pregnant woman, causing miscarriage--
gentle woman, 209.
poor woman, 211.
slave, 213.
causing her death--
gentle woman, 210.
poor woman, 212.
slave, 214.
_See_ under Fines.

Assessment of damages--
by sheep to growing crops, 57.
,, to ripe crops, 58.
for cutting down tree in orchard, 59.
for not carrying out terms of lease, 42, 44.
for assault. _See_ Fines.
for carelessness. _See_ Neglect.
for culpable lack of skill. _See_ Doctor.

Assignment for debt--
of bare field, 49.
of corn field, 50.
of date plantation, X.
of crop, Y.
of wife, child, or slave, to work off debt, 115.

Average yield, assessed damages, 42, 43, 44, 55, 62, 65.

Backbiting, 161.

Bailiff. _See_ Reeve, Ganger, Constable, Benefice.

Bailment, without witness or deed--
from domestic inferior=theft, 7.

Banishment. _See_ Exile.

Bearing sentence sought to be obtained. _See_ Retaliation.

Benefice, the land, house, garden, and stock--
assigned by king to ganger, constable, or tributary, 30.
inalienable, 32, 36, 37.
sale, or purchase, forbidden, 35.
price paid forfeited, 35.
not to be exchanged, 41.
not to be devised to females, 38.
may be deputed, 27.
hereditary, 28.
forfeited, by disuse, 30.
may not be pledged, 38.
saleable to other official (?), 40.

Betrothed, maiden lived in father's house, 130.

Bigamy, in ignorance, 135.

Blood money. _See_ Wit.

Boatmen, their duties and privileges, 234-241.
same word denotes boat-builder (Winckler's tr.).

Boats, passenger, 276.
freight boat, 277.
building, 234.
of 60 _GUR_, built, 234 (Winckler's tr.)
collision of, 241.
wreck of, 235, 236.

Bond, a written deed or contract--
needed for legal purchase, 7.
for debt, 52.
for storage, 122.
for legal marriage, 128.
shepherd's, 264.

Branding, brander, 226, 227.
on forehead, for slander, 127.
slave without consent of owner, 226, 227.

Brawling, in wine shop, 109.

Breach of contract--
by lessee, 42, 44, 256. _See_ Lease, Metayer, Neglect.
of promise, 159.

Breasts, cut off, 194.

Bride-price, a present to prospective father-in-law--
usually returned with wife to bridegroom, 163.
given back by husband to divorced wife, if not a mother, 138.
returned to suitor, i