The Law Code of the Clan of Whiterun

The Law Code of the Clan of Whiterun, written in 3087 KS, is present in full below. This code applies to the lands of the Whiterun Clan, including the Stone City of Whiterun. It is a foundational text in the legal history of the Wajahe, and greatly influenced the 12th Dynasty.

Book I - On the City & the State

Preface

The Stone City was put to shame, and the Legions of the old Exarchate were laid to rest in law and in land. In the turmoil of her fall, Whiterun was cast into evening shadow, and smoke hung over her for many days and many nights. Ezzhé disdained the Stone City, and for 6 days and 18 nights, none could journey beneath the soil for fear of the God’s coldness, and the dead were lost to them for this time. When their contempt was allayed by the Archon and her priests, Ezzhé spoke unto the Archon, who spoke unto us, the authors of this code, that Ezzhé’s word may be put to paper for all to see, as Aiokkais’ was for our forefathers. So the Archon has said of this;

Prevailing against all the tribulations that have fallen upon the Stone City, the Most Holy Bastion of the Great Lord of the Earth, Just-Tyrant and First God of Mankind, Patron of Their Servants In Life and In Burial, the Stewards of that city, Whiterun, the Whiterun, Ezzhé, Sublime Seat of the Fifth Dynasties, from whence all Good Stone has been quarried, through which all Good Trade has passed, owing credence to Astute Kzletse who laid low That Stupid Fucking Hill, the Whiterun, who bask solely in Aiokkais’ joy of morning shadow, who withstand no scorn of evening shadow, who owe all glory and honor to the most sacred and venerable Ezzhé, Patron of the Stone City, Supreme Slavemaster to whom all our souls are justly owed, Keeper of the Dead, whom all who rule ought to imitate, drink yet again from the fresh and cool waters of their river, which flows forth from lands owed to themselves and carries upstream the souls of the less pious to that home of the Gods upon the Great Lake, and bask in the safety of their most sacred walls, hewn from the great stones granted unto them by their most just and judicious Patron to whom all praise is owed, with war having passed and the dead, their souls owed to the Slaver of the Deceased, having been buried.

I, Solid Snake, bestowed my name by the wise hand of the gods at work in the minds of my birthparent, inerrant and immoveable as stone, that over which my most awesome Patron, Ezzhé, rules, Archon of Whiterun, that most glorious of cities, hewn of stone beyond compare, bestowed through the unending and ever-cherished Patronage of the Great Lord of all Upon and Beneath the World, joining in my most Sovereign station the offices of Chief of the ancient and venerable Whiterun Clan and High General of the ceaseless and incomparable armies of the Whiterun Clan, emergent from that which was once, but is no more, the Exarchate of Opshup, and what were once, but are no longer, her Legions, who did do away with the deluded false Archons of the Second Fifth Dynasty before me, whose deluded heirs do rule over folly in the wastes beyond the Stone City, and who restored unto the Stone City venerable and wise leadership, owing all credence to the guidance of my ever-praiseworthy Patron, to whom my soul and the souls of my children and the souls of their children are owed, for whom all labors are intended to glorify and for whom and by whom the Stone City and the Fifth Dynasties have prospered, Ezzhé, and to the most glorious and indomitable sun, whose morning shadow has blessed thirty-six-fold the Stone City and all Wajahe knowing and unknowing, who brought into being the Great God Ezzhé and did bring until them discipline and wisdom in Just Tyranny, Aiokkais, so that that terrible cold which Ezzhé, in all rights as Patron of the Stone City and Keeper of the Dead, did send upon the crypts and quarries, which did keep the people from the dead in the crypts and the quarriers from the stone in their quarries, which did keep the slaveowners from their profits and the grieving from the grieved, may be allayed, and that the Stone City, in manners pleasing to Ezzhé, Just-Tyrant, through whom all laws ought be derived, according to whom all rulership ought be measured, may be beholden unto a great Code of Law.

Thus, unto the Stone City, I, Solid Snake, Archon by the hands of Ezzhé and Aiokkais, and of the brave soldiers who did fight for me, and of the serving dead who now toil under the great Patron of this city, bestow such a Code of Law, as was decreed unto me by the Great God of the World to be decreed unto it.

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If a person lives within the walls of the Stone City, Whiterun, or else lives within two days’ travel by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, or else counts himself amongst the Whiterun Clan, or else is bound by oath or treaty, or else sits upon the Assembly Before the Archon, or else holds station in the armies of Whiterun, or else is bound through some other means, then it is written that his fealty is owed to the city of Whiterun, and to the Archon, and to Ezzhé.
If a person, in service to the armies of Whiterun, attains the rank of General, and is, by most sacred decree of the Archon under the guidance of Ezzhé Most Great, proclaimed to be Heir Apparent, and remains a General at the time of the Archon’s passing, he shall be the new Archon. Or else, if no person is declared Heir Apparent, the Archon is to be proclaimed by the soldiery of Whiterun’s armies in concord with those who sit upon the Assembly Before the Archon.
If a person, in service to the armies of Whiterun, attains the rank of Sergeant and the support of two who sit upon the Assembly Before the Archon, or else attains the rank of Officer, he shall be entitled to sit upon the Assembly Before the Archon, and to call himself an Elder, for the rest of his life, wherein he is entitled to offer advice to the Archon on matters of ruling.
If a person, who is of great and consistent wealth, whether by trade, or by business, or by slavery, swears an oath unto the city of Whiterun, and to the Archon, and to Ezzhé, that he shall devote this wealth to good service to them, then he shall be entitled to sit upon the Assembly Before the Archon so long as his oath may be fulfilled, wherein he is entitled to offer advice to the Archon on matters of ruling.
If a person owing fealty, by oath, or by contract, or by habitation, to the city of Whiterun, or to the Archon of Whiterun, or to Ezzhé, refutes, by conduct, or by proclamation, that fealty, he shall be put to death by the Archon’s own hand, or else put to exile should two who sit at the assembly speak out in his favor, and all that is his within the walls of the Stone City, or else within two days’ travel by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, shall pass not to his heir but to the Stone City, and he shall be declared False, and any beast which he has rode or tended to in his livelihood shall be declared impure. If he has caused particular harm in his treason, or else particular loss of property or wealth, or else he cannot be exiled due to his station, he must be put to death despite those who speak in favor of him, and those who speak in favor of him must each give an amount of silver marks equal to twenty-four-fold that of the total number of those who spoke in his favor, or else themselves face exile, and the passage of all that is theirs within the walls of the Stone City, or else is within two days’ travel by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, to the Stone City, and the declaration of all beasts he has tended to in his livelihood as impure.
If a person sitting upon the Assembly Before the Archon foresees an inability to fulfil his oath in days yet to come, he may forfeit his seat with the permission of the Archon and be excused from his oath. Yet, if a person fails to fulfil his oath, and has not sought forfeiture from the Archon, he shall be put to death by by the hand of the Archon’s own hand, and all that is his within the walls of the Stone City, or else within two days’ travel by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, shall pass not to his heir but to the Stone City, and he shall be declared False, and any beast which he has rode or tended to in his livelihood shall be declared impure.
If a person proclaims that he acts in the authority of the city of Whiterun, or of the Archon of Whiterun, or of Ezzhé, the Patron God of Whiterun, and it is found that he was not granted this authority by written decree, or by the proclamation of the Archon, then he shall be made a slave for the rest of his days, and he shall be declared False, and all that it is theirs within the walls of the Stone City, or else is theirs within two days’ ride by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, or else is theirs by contract, or else is theirs by oath, or else is theirs by deed, or else is theirs by estate, or else is theirs by logue, shall pass to his heir, or else pass to the Stone City.
If a person, granted authority, or granted office, by decree of the Archon of Whiterun, is accused of acting beyond the confines of his station, and it is found to be true, he shall be stripped of his station, and to pay a sum of silver marks unto his accuser to the Archon’s satisfaction. Yet if the accusation is deemed to be false, the accused may demand of his accuser sixfold the silver marks that he would have lost.
If a person, by conduct, or by proclamation, or by association, causes discredit unto the name of Ezzhé, Lord of the Land, such as by slander, or subversion of the commands of the priesthood, or beyond, he shall be made a slave for life, and all his wealth shall be shared amongst the priesthood, and all his properties shall be passed to the state, and he shall be branded with the name of Ezzhé upon his head by a hot iron, and his beasts shall be put to death, and any horse he has ridden shall be declared impure, and he shall be afforded a poor burial, that his soul shall serve Ezzhé forevermore upon his miserable death.

Book II - On Clan & Citizenship

If a person is descended from the Whiterun clan by his birthparent, or else is descended from one of her secondary clans, or else is descended from one of the tertiary clans of her secondary clans, or else is bound to the Whiterun clan by marriage, or else has been adopted into the Whiterun clan by decree or proclamation, he is recognised in law as a member of the Whiterun clan, or else he is to be exempted from the offices of the state.
If a person in their fifteenth year is able to ride a Horse around the perimeter of the walls of the city of Whiterun without error, as judged by their birthparent and a member of the Assembly, they are to be judged as True, and no restrictions may be levied against what offices they may hold.
If a person requests the presence of an Assembly member at such an occasion, the member of the Assembly may request up to, but no more than, three silver marks, as is their right.
If a person in their fifteenth year is unable to ride a horse around the perimeter of the walls of the city of Whiterun without error, as judged by their birthparent and a member of the Assembly, they are to be judged as False, and the state and private persons may levy the appropriate restrictions upon them.
If a person in their fifteenth year is unable to ride a horse around the perimeter of the walls of the city of Whiterun without error, as judged by their birthparent and a member of the Assembly, they may pay a sum of at least, though with no restrictions on being greater than, equal number in silver marks to threefold the number of years they have lived to the state, as well as an additional sum of silver marks equal to the number of attempts they have made to be paid to the attending member of the Assembly, they are to be permitted another attempt to ride the horse around the perimeter of the walls of the city of Whiterun without error. Should they succeed on a later attempt, they are to be judged as True, and no restrictions may be levied against what offices they may hold.
If a person has been judged as False, and they have a sibling who has been judged as True, they are exempted entirely from any form of inheritance from their birth parent.
If a person who has been judged as False is found to have ridden a horse, he shall be made a slave for a number of years equal to the number of times he had ridden a horse.
If a person who has been judged as False is found to have ridden a horse in battle, he shall be beaten to death with hammers.
If a person who has been judged as False is found to have ridden a horse which once belonged to his Archon’s enemy in battle, and then to have slain an enemy upon this horse, with three witnesses attesting as such, then he shall be judged as True.
If a person who is not of the Whiterun clan enters the city and, by oath, or by contract, comes into the service of the Archon, or into the service of the city of Whiterun, or into the service of Ezzhé, or into the service of the Lord of the Land’s priesthood, or into the service of the armies of Whiterun, yet not as a mercenary, or else into the service of any who lives within the walls of the Stone City, or else lives within two days’ travel by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, he shall be held to the restrictions that would be levied upon one who has been judged as False, unless he has been judged as True by three members of the Assembly, or by decree of the Archon, or has paid a sum of silver marks equal to sixfold all the years he has lived to the state.
If a person who is not of the Whiterun clan, and who has not otherwise been judged as True, acts beyond the confines of one who has been judged as False, he shall be beholden to the law as one who is of the Whiterun clan, and who has been judged as False, would be. Should he be put to death, his body shall be handled according to his rites.
If a person is found to have slept with the child of one who has been judged as False without the permission of the birthparent, he shall be made to pay a sum of six silver marks to the birthparent, excepting a sum of two silver mark, which is to be delivered to the state for the enforcement of the law.
If a person is found to have slept with the child of one who has been judged as True without the permission of the birthparent, he shall be made to pay a sum of twenty four silver marks, excepting a sum of four silver marks, which are to be delivered to the state for the enforcement of the law.
If a person who has been judged as False is found to have struck one who has been judged as True, he shall be made to pay a sum of twelve silver marks to the victim for each blow, increased by six silver marks should any blow cause the loss of a tooth, the breakage of a bone, the piercing of an eye, or any other wound deemed sufficiently grievous, excepting a sum of two silver marks, which are to be delivered to the state for the enforcement of the law, and excepting a sum of the accused’s determination, which is to be delivered to the state for each day he shall be protected from retribution by the state.
If a person who has been judged as False is found to have struck one who has been judged as False, he shall be made to pay a sum of six silver marks to the victim for each blow, increased by three silver marks should any blow cause the loss of a tooth, the breakage of a bone, the piercing of an eye, or any other wound deemed sufficiently grievous, excepting a sum of two silver marks, which are to be delivered to the state for the enforcement of the law, and excepting a sum of the accused’s determination, which is to be delivered to the state for each day he shall be protected from retribution by the state.
If a person who has been judged as True is found to have struck one who has been judged as True, he shall be made to pay a sum of nine silver marks to the victim, increased by six silver marks should any blow have caused the loss of a tooth, the breakage of a bone, the piercing of an eye, or any other wound deemed sufficiently grievous, excepting a sum of three silver marks, which are to be delivered to the state for the enforcement of the law, and excepting a sum of the accused’s determination, which is to be delivered to the state for each day he shall be protected from retribution by the state.
If a person is found to have struck a member of the Assembly Before the Archon, he shall be put to death by the Archon’s own hand.
If a person is found to have committed theft, being the seizure of another’s goods or property without permission, he shall be made a slave for a sum of years found satisfactory by the victim in accordance with the value of the stolen item, and the victim may purchase him, discounting from his value that of the stolen item.
If a person is found to have committed vandalism, being the destruction of another’s goods or property without permission, he shall be made a slave of the state, and lashed until the satisfaction of the victim, yet should he die from the lashings, the victim should be taken as a slave in his place.
If a person is found to have committed murder against an innocent, the family of the deceased may pay a sum of, if avenging one who was judged as False, sixty silver marks, or if avenging one who was judged as True, ninety silver marks, to the state so as to slay the murderer in revenge, or else the murderer shall be made a slave for life, and all that it is theirs within the walls of the Stone City, or else is theirs within two days’ ride by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, or else is theirs by contract, or else is theirs by oath, or else is theirs by deed, or else is theirs by estate, or else is theirs by logue, shall pass to the Stone City, and his beasts shall be given to the family of the deceased.
If a person is found to have freed the slave of another, he shall be made a slave for so long as the freed slave was to be a slave, and the victim may purchase him, discounting from his value half the value of the freed slave, or else a sum of sixty silver marks, with the state permitting the smaller discount.
If a person who has been judged as False is found to have had sexual relations with one who has been judged as True, with him having been the dominant partner, he shall be subject to 36 lashes for every instance of intercourse, and the one who has been judged as True shall be judged as False, and they shall both be made slaves for 12 years.
If a person is found to have had sexual relations with any beast, the beast shall be laid to rest, and the person put down by their birthparent, or else by the Archon’s own hand.
If a person who owes a debt is incapable of paying back the full value of the debt to the debtee, he shall, at the behest of his debtee and occasioning a payment of half the value of the debt to the state, be made a slave for the repayment of the debt, and all that it is theirs within the walls of the Stone City, or else is theirs within two days’ ride by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, or else is theirs by contract, or else is theirs by oath, or else is theirs by deed, or else is theirs by estate, or else is theirs by logue, shall pass to his heir, yet should the debt exceed 120 silver marks, he may be slain in lieu of the repayment of the debt, and his heir shall inherit 12 silver marks of the debt.
If a person who owes a debt dies before paying back the fullness of the debt, what remains of the debt shall be inherited by his heir, who shall thenceforth be treated as the debtor was to be treated.
If a person who is of the Whiterun clan, who resides within the walls of the Stone City, or else within two days’ travel by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, dies, and did make it known before his passing that he wished not to be entombed, his wishes are to be disregarded, and he is to be regarded as having slandered Ezzhé, and a debt equal in value to all the labors of his last year of life, rendered in silver marks, shall be passed down to his heir, and half the beasts that were once his shall pass to the priesthood, and the state shall afford him a poor burial.
If a person who is of the Whiterun clan, who resides within the walls of the Stone City, or else within two days’ travel by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, dies, and his family interfere in the handling of his body, whether by refusal, or by incapability to afford entombment or burial, they shall be regarded as having slandered Ezzhé, and each shall be made a slave for life, and all their wealth shall be shared amongst the priesthood, and all their properties shall be passed to the state, and each shall be branded with the name of Ezzhé upon their heads by a hot iron, and their beasts shall be put to death, and any horse they have ridden shall be declared impure, and the state shall afford the deceased and all slanderers a poor burial.
If a person who is not of the Whiterun clan, who resides within the walls of the Stone City, or else within two days’ travel by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, dies, and did make it known before his death, as can be attested to by two witnesses of the Whiterun clan, that he wished to be entombed in service to Ezzhé, and if his character can be attested to by two of the Whiterun clan other than those who served as witness to his wishes to be entombed, the priesthood shall afford the cost of his entombment, presuming a donation equal in value to the total cost of the entombment excepting one silver mark for every year he did reside within the walls of the Stone City, or else within two days’ travel by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City.
If a person who is not of the Whiterun clan, who resides within the walls of the Stone City, or else within two days’ travel by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, dies, and did not make it known before his death that he wished to be entombed, his body shall be treated according to his custom, and left in the stead of his family, or else his friends, or else he shall be discarded of in a ditch, yet not buried.

Book III - On Land

If an area of land exists within the walls of the Stone City, or within two days’ travel by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, it is, in the absence of deed, or of proclamation, or of long-standing reason for exception, property of the Whiterun clan in its totality, realised through the direct ownership of the state.
If an area of land has no deed, whatsoever is upon the land is may not be presented as having definite value for sale, for a deed is necessary to establish what rights the Whiterun clan is prepared to grant unto a tenant, and to establish the value of what is upon the land, and to establish what rights such value falls under, and to establish what responsibilities may be conferred upon the tenant.
If no deed exists for an area of land, the Whiterun clan, manifest through the Archon, may produce and ratify a deed, setting forth all the rights and responsibilities that fall upon the land, or else any person may produce a deed, and, producing a sum of silver marks equal to half the assumed value of the land, and having had their evaluation appraised by one acting on behalf of the state, request that the Archon ratify the deed, bringing it into law. Supposing a deed has not been ratified, it is worthless.
If a person purchases an area of land, he shall be entitled to, at most, a maximum number of rights never meeting the totality of the land, for the state, prior to and beyond all transactions, shall retain the deed itself, and shall also retain the Clannish Right, which may only be held in law by the Whiterun clan. Should it be said that a person purchases a deed, it is as such that he did not, yet that he purchased all rights but the Clannish Right.
If a person is found to have forged a ratified deed for land, or has been found in possession of a forgery, all privy to the forgery shall be put to death by entombment whilst still alive, and their deed shall be destroyed.
If a person is found to have caused some obfuscation of the nature of a deed relating to land in his ownership, or land which he wishes to own, or land which is owned by his enemy, he shall be made a slave, and if he obfuscated his own deed, it shall be destroyed, or else if he obfuscated another’s deed in pursuit of his land, its terms shall be proclaimed publicly, or else if he obfuscated his enemy’s deed, his enemy shall be entitled to purchase whatever rights the obfuscator owned at discount equal to half the obfuscator’s wealth in silver marks.
If a person is found to have sold land, or rights to land, or tenancy upon land, or to have hired laborers to work upon land, in the absence of a ratified deed for the land, or for rights to the land, or for tenancy upon the land, or to hire laborers to work upon the land, he shall be made a slave, and all that it is theirs within the walls of the Stone City, or else is theirs within two days’ ride by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, or else is theirs by contract, or else is theirs by oath, or else is theirs by deed, or else is theirs by estate, or else is theirs by logue, shall pass to the ownership of the Whiterun clan, and his deed shall be destroyed.
If a person is found to have purchased land, or rights to land, or tenancy upon land, or to have been hired as a laborer to work upon land, in the absence of a ratified deed for the land, or for rights to the land, or for tenancy upon the land, or to hire laborers to work upon the land, he shall receive a number of lashes equal to twelvefold the number of days he was present upon the land for any time and for any purpose.
If a person is found to have sold whatever rights he has purchased under a deed without receiving the explicit consent of the Whiterun clan to do so, by agreement of the Archon or a delegated representative, he shall have that which he sold returned to him, and whatever wealth he acquired in the sale shall be conveyed unto the state, or else receive a number of lashes twelvefold the number of silver marks he had received.
If a person is found to have purchased from another whatever rights were conferred to them in a deed without the one they have purchased from having received the express consent of the Whiterun clan to do so, by agreement of the Archon or a delegated representative, he shall be made to return that which he had purchased to the salesperson, or else face a number of lashes sixfold the number of silver marks he had paid to the salesperson.
If a person is found to have, whether by conduct, or by proclamation, or by association, acted in a manner which demeans or diminishes the ownership of the Whiterun clan over all land held in deeds, he shall, if he is judged to be True, be judged to be False, or else he was judged to be False, and he shall be made a slave, and all that it is theirs within the walls of the Stone City, or else is theirs within two days’ ride by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, or else is theirs by contract, or else is theirs by oath, or else is theirs by deed, or else is theirs by estate, or else is theirs by logue, shall pass to his heir, who shall be made to publicly assert the ownership of the Whiterun clan over all deeds they are party to.
If a person in ownership of a number of rights under a deed, with the explicit permission of the Whiterun clan, as given by the Archon or a delegated representative, exchanges his rights to another individual, whether as a gift or in a transaction, it shall be recognised as valid by the state.
If a deed recognizes a number of responsibilities relating to an area of land, whosoever holds those responsibilities is obliged to tend to them, so that some duty in service of the common good is conferred onto them. Responsibilities for land are to be transferred through sale of rights under a deed, or else by costless transfer from the Whiterun clan to the tenant of a deed, or else by petition to the Archon from the tenant of a deed.
If the rights contained within one deed seem to interfere with the rights contained within another deed, supposing both deeds have tenants, the deed with the oldest tenancy shall prevail, or else if there is only one tenant, that deed shall prevail, or else if there are no tenants, the oldest deed of the two shall prevail.
If a person indulges in rights contained within a deed without being in ownership of the rights, and without express permission from the holder of the rights, he shall be made a slave for a sum of years found satisfactory by the victim in accordance with the value of the rights infringed upon, and the victim, supposing the victim is not the state, may purchase him, discounting from his value that of the rights infringed upon.
If the Archon makes a proclamation of entitlement, an area of land, not already falling under a deed, or a number of deeds, shall be recognized as an estate, which shall confer the totality of an area of land, which is to be called the demesne, to whomever the estate is granted within the proclamation, who must be judged as True.
If an area of land falls under an estate as the estate’s demesne, it cannot be said to have any definite value for sale, as an estate cannot be sold, and as the demesne of an estate has no rights, being the totality of the land.
If the Archon proclaims an estate as having a unique means of succession and inheritance, the estate shall operate according to the proclamation rather than according to any other means of succession or inheritance, or else, supposing no unique means are proclaimed, the estate shall be beholden to the means of succession and inheritance seen in deeds.
If the Archon proclaims duties to be fulfilled within an estate in a proclamation of entitlement, and these duties go unfulfilled by whomever holds the estate, the proclamation of entitlement may be revoked, and the person who held the estate may be fined half the assumed value of the estate had it been rendered under a deed.
If an estate exists under a proclamation of entitlement, the Archon may, with the consent of the estate holder, or else under guidance from members of the Assembly Before the Archon, issue a subsequent proclamation of entitlement to alter the nature of the estate, such as to introduce duties or change the boundaries of the estate’s demesne.
If a person in ownership of an estate is found to have misrepresented the estate, or the estate’s demesne, as land held under a deed, the proclamation of entitlement shall be rescinded, and he shall be judged as False.
If a person acts as to benefit from an estate, or the demesne of an estate, without the permission of the owner of the estate, he shall be made a slave for a sum of years found satisfactory by the victim in accordance with the value of the rights infringed upon, and the victim, supposing the victim is not the state, may purchase him, discounting from his value that of the rights infringed upon.
If an area of land has been recognized as being held in means contrary to deeds and to estates, and it has been as such for a time exceeding the rule of the last three Archons of Whiterun, the area of land shall be recognized as belonging, in its totality, excepting the Clannish Right, to whomsoever claims it, who shall be protected by an exception in writing.
If a person whose land is protected by an exception in writing purchases rights under a deed of an adjoining area of land, his exception in writing shall be subsumed into the adjoining deed, which shall be revalued and redrawn according to the incorporation.
If an area of land is found to cast evening shadow upon another area of land, or else cause some lesser damage to a neighboring area of land, any deed or estate encompassing this area of land shall involve a duty to mitigate this harm, or else the harm shall be remedied by the state.
If a person causes damage to the land, or else to the rights of the land, held under deed, or under proclamation, or under exception in writing, he has committed vandalism, and he shall be made a slave of the state, and lashed until the satisfaction of the victim, yet should he die from the lashings, the victim should be taken as a slave in his place.
If the ordinary course of succession for any land, whether under deed, or under proclamation, or under exception in writing, is rendered impossible, the land shall pass in its totality to the state.

Book IV - On Goods

If a good is taken from an area of land within the walls of the Stone City, or else within two days’ ride by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, or else under the ownership of a resident of the Stone City, or else of land within two days’ ride by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, or else by oath, or else by contract, whoever holds the right to the particular good, or to the group of goods which the particular good falls under, or the totality of the land, or whosoever acts within these rights without their ownership at the agreement of the owner, or whosoever acquires these goods, such as by contract, or such as by compensation, or such as by inheritance, or whosoever takes goods in private endeavors beyond the scope of Whiterun, owns the good.
If a good is not taken from an area of land within the walls of the Stone City, or else within two days’ ride by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, or else under the ownership of a resident of the Stone City, or else of land within two days’ ride by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, or else by oath, or else by contract, but still requires land within the walls of the Stone City, or else within two days’ ride by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, or else under the ownership of a resident of the Stone City, or else of land within two days’ ride by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, or else by oath, or else by contract, to come to fruition, whoever holds the right to the particular good, or to the group of goods which the particular good falls under, or the totality of the land, or whosoever acts within these rights without their ownership at the agreement of the owner, or whosoever acquires these goods, such as by contract, or such as by compensation, or such as by inheritance, or whosoever takes goods in private endeavors beyond the scope of Whiterun, owns the good.
If a good is extracted from an area of land by a person, or a party, who do not own the right to the particular good, or else to the group of goods which the particular good falls, or else the totality of the land, but under the agreement of the one who does own the right to the particular good, or else to the group of goods which the particular good falls, or else the totality of the land, the person, or party, may be obligated to provide up to, but not exceeding, half of the goods which they extract to whoever they extract the goods with the agreement of.
If a person owns a good, or a number of a good, he may put to the good a logue, which is a piece of writing affirming his ownership, with permission of the state, derived from the Archon, or else a delegated representative. He may sell this logue as to sell ownership of the good, or else the number of the good.
If a good passes out of the ownership of any resident of the Stone City, or otherwise of land within two days’ travel by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, or otherwise from a resident by oath, or by proclamation, or by contract, or otherwise from the ownership of any person whose rights to the ownership of goods are recognized in the markets, or recognized by proclamation, or otherwise if a good enters the ownership of a person with no recognized right to ownership of goods, it is regarded by law as lost.
If a good is regarded as lost, any resident of the Stone City, or otherwise of land within two days’ travel by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, or otherwise from a resident by oath, or by proclamation, or by contract, may reclaim these goods, and may sell them back to the original owner of the goods, if the original owner is known to the state by the existence of a logue, or else may keep the goods for themselves, as is their right.
If a person has lost a good which was recognized as his by a logue, and it has been reclaimed by any resident of the Stone City, or otherwise of land within two days’ travel by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, or otherwise from a resident by oath, or by proclamation, or by contract, he may sell the logue to the reclaimer, or else withhold his logue, in which instance the reclaimer may not create another logue for the good.
If a person seizes a good from another, whose right to hold goods is recognized and protected by the law of the land, he has committed theft, and he shall be made a slave for a sum of years found satisfactory by the victim in accordance with the value of the stolen item, and the victim may purchase him, discounting from his value that of the stolen item.
If a person causes damage to the goods of another, whose right to hold goods is recognised and protected by the law of the land, he has committed vandalism, and he shall be made a slave of the state, and lashed until the satisfaction of the victim, yet should he die from the lashings, the victim should be taken as a slave in his place.
If a good is recognised as such, either the market or the state, by conduct, or by proclamation, or by decree, shall assign to the good a regular value, or rather, shall recognise that price for which it is sold and bought by the merchantry.
If a person holds currency other than silver marks, or other forms accepted within the walls of the Stone City, or else within two days’ ride by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, or else throughout the Lakelands, or else amongst those peoples who constitute common partners of commerce, the currency is to be regarded as a good rather than a currency.
If a person in ownership of a good, or a number of goods, passes away, the goods which he owned shall be inherited by his heir.
If a person obfuscates the nature or value of a good in his possession, all of his obfuscated goods shall be passed onto the state with no compensation, and sold by the state at true value, or, if worthless, destroyed.
If a person obfuscates the nature or value of a good in another’s possession, he shall be made a slave, available for purchase by the victim at a discount equal to half the losses the state believes he reasonably inflicted upon the victim, and his goods shall be passed onto the state.
If a person forges a logue for a good, or else a number of a good, whoever is party to the forgery shall be made slaves, and the good, or else the number of the good, shall pass onto the state.
If stone has been quarried from outside the walls of the stone city, or else beyond two days’ ride by a swift steed from the walls of the stone city, or else beyond the boundaries of any land belonging to one who, by deed, or else by proclamation, holds the rights to quarry good stone, it shall be declared contraband, and whosoever sells or buys it shall be made a slave, and it shall be destroyed.
If a beast has been declared impure, one, whether of the Whiterun clan, or else not, may not sell the beast to one who is of the Whiterun clan, or else he has sold contraband, and he shall be made a slave.
If a beast has been declared impure, and it has been sold to one who is not of the Whiterun clan, whosoever has sold it shall be exempt from paying taxes on the sale of the beast.

Book V - On Contract & Trade

If a person, or else a party, sets, to another person, or else to another party, some duty, or else some number of duties, or else some transference of property, or else of self, or else some transference of a number of properties, or else of some number of persons, demanding of themself, or else themselves, and the other, or else the others, some sacrifice or loss, whether measured in value by a number of silver marks, or else measured in value by some good, or else some number of goods, or else measured in value by importance, whether religious, or whether familial, or whether personal, or else conferring unto themself, or else themselves, and the other, or else the others, some benefit or boon, whether measured in value by a number of silver marks, or else measured in value by some good, or else some number of goods, or else measured in value by importance, whether religious, or whether familial, or whether personal, and these terms are agreed upon by affirmation, whether by conduct, or by proclamation, or by inference of whosoever judges the law upon review, of both party to it, or to them, and it is written, a contract has been created.
If a person, or else a party, sets, to another person, or else to another party, some duty, or else some number of duties, or else some transference of property, or else of self, or else some transference of a number of properties, or else of some number of persons, demanding of themself, or else themselves, and the other, or else the others, some sacrifice or loss, whether measured in value by a number of silver marks, or else measured in value by some good, or else some number of goods, or else measured in value by importance, whether religious, or whether familial, or whether personal, or else conferring unto themself, or else themselves, and the other, or else the others, some benefit or boon, whether measured in value by a number of silver marks, or else measured in value by some good, or else some number of goods, or else measured in value by importance, whether religious, or whether familial, or whether personal, and these terms are agreed upon by affirmation, whether by conduct, or by proclamation, or by inference of whosoever judges the law upon review, of both party to it, or to them, and it is not written, and six may stand as witness to their agreement, or else in the absence of six it is affirmed to be secret by all party to them, an oath has been sworn.
If an oath has been sworn, and at a later time is written, and those party to the oath affirm that it is a contract, a contract has been made, and the oath persists, or else should those party to the contract not affirm that it is a contract, no contract is made.
If a contract has been set forth with both parties affirming it shall only exist for a particular time, then upon the passage of this time, the contract shall no longer be binding.
If a person has fulfilled the duties of his contract beyond its destruction, and he demands the other party do the same, yet does not affirm another contract, he shall be made to pay a number of silver marks twofold the number of days he did fulfil his duties under the contract following its expiration, which is to be delivered to the state for the enforcement of the law.
If a person fails to fulfil the duties of his contract before its destruction, and his duties are valued in excess of thirty silver marks, then he shall be made a slave, whom whoever he failed may purchase at a discount of thirty silver marks, and all that it is his within the walls of the Stone City, or else is his within two days’ ride by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, or else is his by contract, or else is his by oath, or else is his by deed, or else is his by proclamation, or else is his by logue, shall pass to his heir, or else should the duties of his contract have been impossible, both he and whoever he failed shall be made slaves, and all that it is theirs within the walls of the Stone City, or else is theirs within two days’ ride by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, or else is theirs by contract, or else is theirs by oath, or else is theirs by deed, or else is theirs by estate, or else is theirs by logue, shall pass to their heirs, or else if his duties are valued at thirty marks, or else if his duties are valued at less than thirty marks, he shall be lashed threefold every mark his duties were worth by whosoever he has failed.
If a person breaks the bounds of an oath he has sworn, he shall be known as such in the law, and whosoever he did break an oath of may slay him.
If a person fears for the culmination of a contract he is party to, he may, within the confines of the law, entreat the state to be party to the contract, owing unto the state some benefit, affording his contract the protection of the Archon and those who enforce the laws.
If a person has broken an oath and fears for his life, he may make himself a slave of the state, whereupon he shall no longer be known to the law, and so he may not be slain by whosoever he did break and oath with.
If a person is found to have forged a contract, all privy to the forgery shall be made slaves, and all that it is theirs within the walls of the Stone City, or else is theirs within two days’ ride by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, or else is theirs by contract, or else is theirs by oath, or else is theirs by deed, or else is theirs by estate, or else is theirs by logue, shall pass to the Stone City.
If a person is found to have obfuscated the nature of a contract, whether it is a contract he is party to, or else a contract his enemy is party to, he shall be made a slave, and the state shall be made party to the contract in his place, or else his enemy may have preference to buy him before all others.
If a person is found to have destroyed a contract without the approval of all others party to the contract, or else has stopped affirming the contract besides all others party to the contract, he shall be made to pay a sum of silver marks to the satisfaction of all others party to the contract, or else to relinquish any boons he did come into through the contract, and he shall be free of his duties under the contract.
If a person purchases from another some right, or some number of rights, or some good, or some number of goods, or otherwise has paid a sum of money for the conference of some boon or benefit, yet not if he has suffered some sacrifice beside money, and it is written by the salesman in a ledger, or else it is written by some person acting at the behest of the salesman in a ledger, a contract has been made, and that contract has been affirmed by the conduct of all party to the trade.
If a person is found to have sold a logue pertaining to some good, or otherwise a logue pertaining to some quantity of goods, for a number of silver marks equal to half of what six craftsmen recognize as its true value, or otherwise for less than half of what six craftsmen recognize as its true value, he shall be made to pay a sum of silver marks equal in number to twofold what he profited from the sale to the state, as well as a sum of silver marks equal to the value of days worked by the craftsmen in the course of valuation.
If a person is found to have sold a logue pertaining to some good, or otherwise a logue pertaining to some quantity of goods, for a number of silver marks equal to twofold what six craftsmen recognize as its true value, or otherwise for more than twofold what six craftsmen recognize as its true value, he shall be made to pay a sum of silver marks equal in number to half of what he profited from the sale, as well as a sum of silver marks equal to the value of days worked by the craftsmen in the course of valuation.
If a person is found to have sold a logue pertaining to some good, or otherwise a logue pertaining to some quantity of goods, and finds himself accused of having provided anything showing damage, and he did not make it known that anything was damaged, he shall be made to return to the accuser a number of silver marks equal in value to the value lost from market value according to the damage, or else if the accusation is found to be false, he shall have his logue returned to him, and his accuser shall be made his slave for a number of days equal in value to the amount which was paid for the logue.
If a person who is party to a contract dies, his heir shall be made party to the contract, or else if the existence of the contract depends upon the life of the person, it shall be destroyed.

Book VI - On Labor

If a person finds himself party to a contract wherein he is to provide labor, that is the dedication of his time and efforts, whether of the body, or else of the mind, or else pertaining to his particular skill, or else his particular ability, or else pertaining to some function of the law, or else of the state, which he is uniquely capable of undertaking, for the easement of some ailment, or else for the procurement of some boon, on behalf of the other, or else the others, party to the contract, he shall be called a Laborer for so long as the contract exists, or else if it is on his own behalf, such as for the easement of his own ailment, or else for the procurement of his own boon, he shall not be called a Laborer, or else if he is made a member of the army by the contract, he shall not be called a Laborer.
If a person is called a Laborer, whosoever is party to the contract with him, and is written in the contract as owing a duty to compensate him for his labor, must pay him no less than one silver mark for each day of labor he undertakes.
If a Laborer has labored for six hours, he has worked a day, or else if the contract he is party to which finds him a Laborer states some other number of hours for him to work each day, upon working that number of hours, he has worked a day.
If a Laborer labors for less than six hours a day, or else for less hours a day than the contract which he is party to, which finds him a Laborer, sets forth for him to labor for, he shall receive a number of lashes equal to twofold the number of hours he did not labor, or else if he has not labored for a number of days equal in value to thirty silver marks, wherein the value of each days’ labor is set forth in the contract which finds him a Laborer, then he shall be made a slave, whom whoever he failed may purchase at a discount of thirty silver marks, and all that it is his within the walls of the Stone City, or else is his within two days’ ride by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, or else is his by contract, or else is his by oath, or else is his by deed, or else is his by proclamation, or else is his by logue, shall pass to his heir.
If a Laborer dies in the course of his labors, then his heir shall become party to the contract which found him a Laborer, or else if the heir cannot perform the duties demanded of them in the contract, they may provide to the party who paid the deceased a sum of silver marks equal to however many days’ labor must go unfulfilled according to the length of the contract, or else should the contract have no end, a sum equal to a quarter of all the deceased’s earnings in the last year through the contract, or else if the heir cannot afford this sum, or else if the heir cannot afford to pay a sum of silver marks equal to however many days’ labor must go unfulfilled, they shall be made a slave for a year, and all that is theirs within the walls of the Stone City, or else is theirs within two days’ ride by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, or else is theirs by contract, or else is theirs by oath, or else is theirs by deed, or else is theirs by proclamation, or else is theirs by logue, shall pass to the Stone City for this year also, whereby half of any sum of silver marks procured from the sale of anything which was owned by the heir shall go to compensating the other party.
If a Laborer is injured in the course of his labor, yet able to labor still, whosoever is party to the contract with him shall pay him one silver mark more for every day he labors under the injury, or else if he cannot labor, whosoever is party to the contract with him shall be made to pay him for the half the total sum of silver marks he would have received for his labors according to the length of the contract, or else if the contract has no set length, whosoever is party to the contract with him shall be made to pay him a sum until satisfaction, yet no less than twelve silver marks, yet no more than sixty silver marks.
If a person who is required under a contract to pay a Laborer fails to adequately pay the Laborer according to the terms of the contract, he may entreat the state to pay on his behalf, so that he may within two years time repay to the state twofold the number of silver marks paid to the Laborer, or else he shall be made a slave, and all that it is his within the walls of the Stone City, or else is his within two days’ ride by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, or else is his by contract, or else is his by oath, or else is his by deed, or else is his by proclamation, or else is his by logue, shall pass to the Stone City, or else if he does not entreat the state to pay on his behalf, and yet fails to pay the Laborer, he will be made to pay a sum of silver marks equal to twofold the number of days the Laborer did labor within a year, or else if he fails to pay this sum, he shall be made to give whatever is his within the walls of the Stone City, or else is his within two days’ ride by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, or else is his by contract, or else is his by oath, or else is his by deed, or else is his by proclamation, or else is his by logue, that is of equal value to, or else of greater value than should he so choose, the sum of silver marks owed to the Laborer.
If it is, in accordance with the Lunar Calendar, a holiday as recognised in the law, whether by decree, or by proclamation, a Laborer may be exempt from his labor for the day, and yet still be paid one silver mark by whosoever is party to the contract which finds him a Laborer.
If it is, in accordance with the Solar Calendar, a holiday as recognised in the the law, whether by decree, or by proclamation, a Laborer may be exempt from his labor for the day, yet he may not be paid, and whosoever is party to the contract which finds him a Laborer may seek him out and lash him once.

Book VII - On Slavery

If a person has been made a slave, he is no longer a person.
If a slave has not been put to a logue, it is to be assumed that the slave is property of the Stone City.
If a slave is sold to any person by the Stone City, the slave shall be put to a logue, which shall be produced prior to the sale, or else should a slave be delivered to any person in the course of carrying out the punishment for a crime, the slave shall be put to a logue, which shall be produced prior to the delivery of the slave.
If a slave has been destroyed, and the one who destroyed it owned it, he has committed no crime, or else if his slave was necessary for some other duty, he owes recompense to those he has harmed with his slave’s destruction.
If a slave has been destroyed, and there was no destroyer, its remains are to be treated according to its custom.
If a slave has served its sentence, as specified by the nature of some punishment levied against it in its past for some crime, and it was this punishment which found it a slave, it shall be freed, and it shall be a person, and if it was a member of the Whiterun clan before its slavery, and it was judged as True before its slavery, it shall be judged as True after its slavery, or else if it was judged as False before its slavery, it shall be judged as False after its slavery, or else if it was not a member of the Whiterun clan, it shall be judged as False.
If a slave did own anything before its slavery, and some punishment levied against it in its past for some crime, which found it a slave, did not say what was to happen to that which the slave did own, it shall pass to whosoever was the slave’s heir.
If a slave has been branded with the name of Ezzhé, it must be lashed across the back of each hand at least once for every hour it is awake.
If a slave does not perform sufficient labor for a day, it shall be lashed once for every hour it was awake, and if it is a slave for some particular length of time, as specified by the nature of some punishment levied against it in its past for some crime, and it was this punishment which found it a slave, another twelve days shall be added to that time.
If a slave is caught riding a horse, it shall be put to death by its master, or else if its master told it to ride a horse, it shall be put to death by its master, and its master shall be made to pay a sum of silver marks equal to the full value of the slave before its death to the Stone City, or else if its master cannot afford this, its master shall give up two other slaves to the state, or else if its master cannot perform this, its master must not kill the slave, but lash the slave until the slave can no longer labor, and should the slave die from its injuries, its master must himself be lashed a quarter as many times as the slave was lashed, or else should its master die from his injuries, its master’s heir shall be lashed a number of times equal to half the number which its master was lashed.
If a slave is caught having sexual relations with anyone who is not a slave, and is not its master, or else is accused by its master and two others of having sexual relations with anyone who is not a slave, and it is said that the slave was the dominant partner, it shall be lashed sixfold the number of years its partner did live, and its partner shall be made to pay to its master one silver mark, or else if it is said that the slave was the submissive partner, it shall be lashed threefold the number of years its partner did live, and its partner shall be made to pay its master two silver marks.
If a person who owns a slave is caught having sexual relations with that slave, and he is judged as True, he shall be judged as False, and he shall be lashed sixty times, and he shall be made to pass his slave to the state, or else if he is judged as False, he shall be made to pay a sum of silver marks equal to the full value of the slave to the state, and he shall be lashed thirty times, and he shall be made to pass his slave to the state.
If a slave is caught having sexual relations with another slave, and it has done so without its masters permission, and it has done so without its partner’s master’s permission, it shall be lashed upon the buttocks twelve times by its master, or else if it has done so with its master’s permission, but not without its partner’s master’s permission, it shall be lashed upon the buttocks nine times, and its master shall be made to pay one silver mark to the master of the slave’s partner, or else if it has done so without its master’s permission, but with its partner’s master’s permission, it shall be lashed upon the buttocks twelve times, and it shall be lashed upon the breast six times, and its partner’s master shall be made to pay two silver marks to its master.
If a slave is caught having sexual relations with a beast, it shall be lashed to the satisfaction of whosoever owns the beast, and its master shall pay to whosoever owns the beast a sum of silver marks to the beast’s owner’s satisfaction, excepting a sum of two silver marks, which shall be delivered to the state for the upholding of the law, and the beast shall be declared impure, or else if the slave’s owner owns the beast, he shall not pay himself.
If a slave has a child, whosoever owns the slave shall own the child as a slave until fifteen years have passed, whereby its master must allow it to determine whether it is to be judged as True, or else to be judged as False. If the child is judged as False, its master may retain it, or else if it is judged as True, its master must free it. If its master has paid a sum of silver marks equal to the value of the slave who had the child to the Stone City, he must not be made to let it be judged.
If a slave strikes someone who has been judged as True, whosoever it has assaulted must be allowed to lash it sixfold the number of times he was struck, or else if a slave assaults someone who has been judged as False, whosoever it has assaulted must be allowed to lash it fourfold the number of times he was struck.
If a slave strikes another slave, and it was not made to do so by its master, and whosoever’s slave it did strike did not allow it to strike his slave, its master shall be made to lash it twelvefold the number of times it struck the other slave, or else if a slave strikes another slave, and it was made to do so by its master, yet whosoever’s slave it did strike did not allow it to strike his slave, it shall be struck by the other slave’s master twenty-four-fold the number of times it struck the other slave, or else if a slave strikes another slave, and it was not made to do so by its master, yet whosoever’s slave it did strike allowed it to strike his slave, its master may strike it to satisfaction for disobedience, or else not strike it at all.
If a slave kills someone, it shall be put to death by lashings, and whosoever owned it shall pay sixty silver marks to the heir of the victim if they were judged as True, or else sixty silver marks to the heir of the victim if they were judged as False.
If a slave destroys another good, or else some number of other goods, and it was not made to do so by its master, and whosoever’s good, or else goods, it did destroy did not allow it to destroy his good, or else his goods, it shall be lashed on the soles of its feet and upon the palms of its hands until the satisfaction of the person whose good was destroyed, or else whose goods were destroyed, or else if a slave destroys another good, or else some number of other goods, and it was made to do so by its master, yet whosoever’s good, or else goods, it did destroy did not allow it to destroy his good, or else his number of goods, then the slave’s master must pay to the victim a sum of silver marks equal to the full value of that which was destroyed, and the slave shall be lashed on the soles of its feet and upon the palms of its hands until the satisfaction of the person whose good was destroyed, or else whose goods were destroyed.
If a person who owns a slave, or else owns a number of slaves, dies, and he made it known before his passing to two others that he wished for his slave, or else his slaves, to be entombed with him, and he may afford entombment, then his slave, or else his slaves, shall be entombed alive with his body, or else if he cannot afford entombment, but can afford burial, his slave, or else his slaves, shall be buried alive alongside him.
If a slave is made to fight in war, and it is not owned by the Stone City, or else by the armies of the Stone City, the name of whosoever owns the slave must be written upon it, and whosoever did send the slave to war shall be paid a sum of silver marks equal to half a soldier’s wage for the time the slave was at war.
If a slave resides upon an area of land held under a deed, whosoever holds the right to live upon the land must pay a tax for that slave.
If a slave allows itself to be freed, it is to be put to death by lashings.
If a slave allows itself to be fed by a person who its master has not allowed it to be fed by, whosoever fed the slave is to be lashed by the slave to the satisfaction of its master, and it shall be lashed by whosoever fed it to the satisfaction of its master.
If a person speaks to a slave in a manner which causes offence to its master, he must pay to its master one silver mark for every remark which caused offence.
If a slave touches a horse, other than in the course of preparing that horse for its master, or else for someone its master has instructed it to prepare a horse for, it is to be lashed fourfold upon the backs of its hands.
If a slave slanders Ezzhé, it is to be branded with the name of Ezzhé upon its forehead.
If a slave escapes its master, it is to be considered a lost good.
If a slave attempts to escape its master, and fails this attempt, it is to be lashed threefold the number of years it has lived.
If a slave, through conduct, or through proclamation, or through association, offers sedition, whether to its master, or else to the Stone City, it is to be put to death by its master.

Book VIII - On Taxation

If a person sits upon the Assembly Before the Archon, he shall not be made to pay any tax for any purpose.
If a person serves in the armies of Whiterun, for so long as he serves, he shall not be made to pay any tax for any purpose, nor shall any who reside upon land which he holds the rights to under a deed be made to pay any tax for residing within the walls of the Stone City, or else within two days’ ride by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, nor shall any who reside upon land which he holds as his demesne under a proclamation from the Archon be made to pay tax for residing within the walls of the Stone City, or else within two days’ ride by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City.
If a person is not a resident of the land within the walls of the Stone City, or else of land two days’ ride by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, or else by oath, or else by contract, and he owns a logue for a good, or otherwise owns a logue for a number of goods, and he sells his logue, and he writes this in his ledger, then what he profited from the trade shall be split twelve ways, and he shall be made to pay a sum of silver marks equal to one and one half of these splits to the Stone City, or else if he is a resident of the land within the walls of the Stone City, or else of land two days’ ride by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, or else by oath, or else by contract, then what he profited from the trade shall be split twelve ways, and he shall be made to pay a sum of silver marks equal to one of these splits to the Stone City, or else if he refuses to pay, he shall be made a slave for tax evasion, or else if he did not write of the sale in his ledger, he shall be made to return what the buyer claims to have paid to the buyer, and his logue shall not be returned to him.
If a person has a Logue to which a slave, or else a number of slaves less than twelve are put, he shall be made to pay a sum of four silver marks to the Stone City for each slave he owns, or else if he owns twelve slaves, or else if he owns a number of slaves greater than twelve yet less than twenty four, he shall be made to pay a sum of two silver marks to the Stone City for each slave he owns, or else if he owns twenty four slaves, or else if he owns a number of slaves greater than twenty four yet less than sixty, he shall be made to pay a sum of one silver mark to the Stone City for each slave he owns, or else if he owns a number of slaves greater than sixty, he shall be made to pay a sum of one silver mark to the Stone City for each pair of slaves he owns, and if one slave cannot be paired, he shall not pay for that slave, and no matter the number of slaves he owns, he shall pay this to the Stone City every year in accordance with the Lunar Calendar, or else if he cannot pay this sum, the tax shall be postponed a year, or else if the tax is unpaid for two years, all his slaves shall pass to the Stone City.
If a person resides within the walls of the Stone City, or else within land two days’ ride by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, and he resides upon this land by rights conferred to him under a deed, and he extracts some good, or else some goods, from this land by rights conferred to him under a deed, then what he extracts within a year shall be split twelve ways, and according to one and one half of these splits, and equal amount of what he extracts within a year shall pass to the Stone City, or else if he does not extract some good, or else does not extract some goods, from this land by rights conferred to him under a deed, then what he earns in silver marks from his labors shall be split nine ways, and he shall be made to pay a sum of silver marks equal to one of these splits to the Stone City in accordance with the Lunar Calendar, yet if this number of goods, or else this sum of silver marks, cannot be paid, he shall be made a slave for a year for tax evasion, and his rights shall pass to his heir, for whom the tax shall be postponed a year.
If a person resides within the walls of the Stone City, or else within land two days’ ride by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, and he resides upon this land as his demesne under an estate granted to him by a proclamation from the Archon, then what he earns in silver marks from his labors shall be split twelve ways, and he shall be made to pay a sum of silver marks equal to one of these splits to the Stone City in accordance with the Lunar Calendar, or else if the sum cannot be paid, his tax shall be postponed for a year, or else if the sum has not been paid for two years, he shall be made a slave for tax evasion, and his estate shall be revoked.
If a person, who has been judged either as True or as False, resides upon land within the walls of the Stone City, or else within land two days’ ride by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, yet he resides upon this land without holding the rights to this land under a deed, or else he resides upon this land without holding it as his demesne under an estate as proclaimed by the Archon, yet resides upon it with the permission of whosoever holds the rights to the land under a deed, or else with the permission of whosoever holds the land as their demesne under an estate as proclaimed by the Archon, then what he earns in silver marks from his labors over the course of a year shall be split six ways, and he shall be made to pay a sum of silver marks to the Stone City equal to one of these splits to the Stone City, in accordance with the Lunar Calendar, or else if the person has not been judged as True, or else has not been judged as False, he shall be made to pay a sum of silver marks equal to the Stone City equal to the number of years he has lived, in accordance with the Lunar Calendar, or else if he cannot pay this sum, whosoever’s land he resides upon shall be made to pay the sum on his behalf, or else if the sum cannot be paid, he shall be made a slave for the year for tax evasion, yet whosoever’s land he resided upon may purchase him at a discount of silver marks equal in number to the years which he has lived for.
If a person is found to have obfuscated the nature of anything for which he may have been taxed, he shall be made a slave for tax evasion, and whatsoever he has obfuscated may be made to pass to the Stone City, or else may pass as the law otherwise dictates.

Book IX - On War & Mercenaries

If a person is party to a contract with a member of the army who is of a rank no lower than sergeant, and this contract places upon him a duty to labor, and this duty of labor extends to the field of battle, and this contract places upon the other party to the contract a duty to pay him no less than one silver mark for each day he labors, then for the length of time stipulated in the contract, or else until the destruction of the contract if no length of time is stipulated, he shall hold the rank of Soldier, unless it is stipulated in the contract that he is a Mercenary.
If a person is party to a contract with a member of the army, and this contract places upon him a duty to labor, yet this duty does not extend to the field of battle, he shall hold no rank in the army, or else, if in the course of his labors, he unexpectedly labors in the field of battle, then he may demand that his contract is amended so that he shall hold the rank of Soldier.
If a person, by conduct, or else by proclamation, or else by association, makes it known that he is in the service of the army, or else that he was once in the service of the army, and it is found that he has lied, he shall be made a slave, and anyone who serves in the army, yet is no lower in rank than an officer, may purchase him at a discount of silver marks equal in number to half his price, and all that is theirs within the walls of the Stone City, or else is theirs within two days’ ride by a swift steed from the walls of the Stone City, or else is theirs by contract, or else is theirs by oath, or else is theirs by deed, or else is theirs by proclamation, or else is theirs by logue, shall pass to their heir.
If a person, by conduct, or else by proclamation, or else by association, makes it known that he is of some particular rank in the army, or else that he was once of some particular rank in the army, and it is found that he has lied, he shall be lashed twenty-four-fold the number of times he made this known.
If a person becomes party to a contract, and this contract places upon him a duty to labor, and this duty extends to the field of battle, and this contract places upon the other party a duty to pay him for his duties, or else to take on his burdens, such as his debts, or else his taxes, or else to provide him with equipment, or else to provide him with residence, then he shall be known as a Mercenary.

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