Note 13 — Chapter XVIII · THE KILLING OF WOMEN AND OF SLAVES—THE CRIMINALITY OF HOMICIDE INFLUENCED BY DISTINCTIONS OF CLASS.
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Venedotian Code, ii. 1. 16. According to the ‘Laws of the Brets and Scots,’ the estimate of a married woman is less by a third part than that of her husband, whereas the estimate of an unmarried woman is equal to that of her brother (Innes, Scotland in the Middle Ages, p. 181).