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Chapter XXVII: Section 1: A father or son or wife or husband can not be disinherited

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by other heirs.

Sec. 2. A son disinherits full brothers and sisters, and all other heirs.

Sec. 3. Full brothers and sisters disinherit more remote heirs.

Sec. 4. A grandfather, a father, and a grandson disinherit a brother or sister from the mother alone, or other heirs.

Sec. 5. A grandfather, brother, son, and uncle or aunt on the father's side disinherit a full nephew or niece, or more remote heirs.

Sec. 6. A full nephew disinherits another nephew who is not from a full brother or sister.

Sec. 7. A nephew on the father's side disinherits a full cousin and more remote heirs.

Sec. 8. A full uncle [13] or aunt disinherits an uncle or aunt on the father's side.

Sec. 9. A full cousin disinherits a cousin on the father's side.

God's knowledge surpasses our knowledge.

[The End]

This copy [the original] was made at noon of the 20th day of Jamadu-l-awal, in the year of the war between Bwayan and the infidels [non-Mohammedans].

WOUNDS

Wounds are classified with respect to depth, locality, and tissue cut. To each class of wound a definite fine is fixed.

Class I

SIMPLE WOUNDS

The fine for wounds of the skin unaccompanied by bleeding shall be three pesos. [14]

Class II

BLEEDING WOUNDS

The fine for wounds of the skin accompanied by bleeding shall be five pesos.

Class III

SKIN-PENETRATING WOUNDS

The fine for wounds of the skin where the skin is cut through and the flesh exposed shall be ten pesos.

Class IV

FLESH WOUNDS

The fine for wounds where the skin and flesh are cut through shall be fifteen pesos.

Class V

PERIOSTEAL WOUNDS

The fine for wounds where the skin and flesh are cut through and the periosteum exposed shall be twenty pesos.

Class VI

DEEP WOUNDS

The fine for wounds that cut into the bone shall be twenty-five pesos.

Class VII

FRACTURE WOUNDS

The fine for wounds where the bone is fractured and cut through shall be fifty pesos.

Class VIII

DISLOCATING WOUNDS

The fine for wounds where the bone is dislocated shall be seventy pesos.

Class IX

SKULL-PENETRATING WOUNDS

The fine for wounds where the membranes of the brain are penetrated shall be two hundred and fifty pesos.

Class X

BRAIN WOUNDS

The fine for wounds where the brain is penetrated shall be three hundred pesos.

Class XI

BLOOD MONEY

The blood money for the intentional or willful murder of a Moslem shall be one hundred camels or one thousand three hundred and seventy pesos.

Class XII

The fine for amputating or cutting off one hand at the wrist, or higher, shall be fifty camels or six hundred pesos.

Class XIII

DEEP BONE WOUNDS OF THE HEAD OR FACE

The fine for deep wounds of the head or face shall be five camels, or sixty-eight and one-half pesos.

Class XIV

FRACTURE WOUNDS OF THE HEAD OR FACE

The fine for fracture wounds of the head or face shall be ten camels, or one hundred and thirty-seven pesos.

Class XV

DEEP STAB WOUNDS

The fine for deep stab wounds shall be thirty-three camels and one-third, or four hundred and fifty-six and two-thirds pesos, which is one-third of the amount of blood money.

Class XVI

The minimum amount of the blood money of a Moslem shall be eight hundred and sixty-eight and one-quarter pesos.

Class XVII

The minimum blood money of a heathen or pagan, fifty-seven and one-quarter pesos.

Class XVIII

The fine for an involuntary deep wound of a pagan shall be two and four-tenths pesos.

Class XIX

The blood money for the accidental or involuntary murder of a pagan shall be forty-three and one-third pesos.

Class XX

The fine for the intentional deep wound of a pagan shall be four and two-tenths pesos.

ARABIC MARGINAL QUOTATIONS OF THE LUWARAN

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