Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Hammurabi's Code
100
witness
Define the word by the definition- a person who sees and event, mainly a crime or event
100
bankrupt
Define the Word by the Definition- declared by law as in a person unable to pay debts
100
Hammurabi
What is the name of the emperor that created this code?
200
Defendent
Define the word by the definition- an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law
200
Verdict
Define the word by definition- a decision on a disputed issue in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
200
282
What is the number of laws in the code?
300
Stoning
Define the word by the definition- the decision of a group of people or crowd in the death of a person by the throwing of multiple stones
300
the decision of death to a person by strangulation
What is lynch?
300
1772 B.C. or B.C.E.
When was the code made?
400
permissive, merciful or tolerant
What is lenient?
400
theft of a person’s property
What is larceny?
400
Among social status, slavery, and marriage
How was this book split up?
500
Roman Empire era military unit used to maintain law and order in the cities.
What is Urban Cohort
500
a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding, esp. to avoid arrest or persecution
What is fugitive?
500
Cuniform
What is the writing or language that this was originally in?
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