City Laws of Turia
Table of Contents
1. Authority
2. Jurisdiction
3. Home Stone
4. Treason
5. City Entry/Visitors
6. Citizenship
7. Caste Law
8. Free Women
9. Legal Inbondment
10. Manumission
11. Debt
12. Inheritance
13. Free Companionship
14. Legal Documents
15. Theft
16. Rape
17. Assault
18. Murder
19. Fire/Arson
20. Vigilantism
21. Non-Criminal Disputes
22. Slaves
23. Merchant Law
1. AUTHORITY IN TURIA
1.1 The city of Turia is
governed by an Ubar and a High Council.
1.2 The High Council is
comprised of the Ubar and the following representatives. Each may caste one vote in a council
meeting. The Ubar casts the deciding
vote in case of a tie.
• Head of Scribes
• Head Magistrate
• Head of Physicians
• Head of Builders
• Head of Warriors
1.3 The following are
non-voting advisors to the council and may be called to attend a meeting as
needed.
• Ambassador
• Head Slaver
• Head Merchant
• Other advisors as called
upon by the council.
1.4 The Head Magistrate is
part of the caste of Scribes, reports to the Head Scribe and is in general
responsible for the enforcement and defense of Turia’s laws.
1.5 Any recognized magistrate
of Turia may preside over a legal case as needed within Turia’s walls.
1.6 See Section 23 for specifics on Merchant Law and the Merchant
Magistrate.
2. JURISDICTION – The city of
Turia recognizes four (4) sets of laws/rights.
Turian City Law, Merchant law, Caste Law and Capture Rights.
2.1 The laws of Turia will be enforced within the walls that surround
the city. (This includes both the city
sim and the residential sim)
2.2 Crimes committed outside the walls are subject to Merchant Law and
the rule of the sword
2.3 A free person or slave wanted for a crime committed against Turian
Law may be prosecuted at the will of the magistrate once within the walls of
Turian, even if they are brought in as a captive.
2.4 There is no statute of limitations within Turian Law.
2.5 Punishments listed for
crimes should be followed where listed although a magistrate may adjust a
punishment to fit the severity of the crime where needed.
2.6 Merchant Law is observed both inside and outside the walls of Turia
(see section 23 for specifics). In the
event Merchant Law and Turia conflict for an event inside the walls, Turian law
will supersede Merchant Law.
2.7 Capture rights
• Any free man of Turia who
brings in a woman not a citizen of Turia and not the property of a citizen of
Turia, suitably bound, shall be granted capture rights over her and has the
right to enslave her. If she refused to
submit she may be killed without the man being charged with murder.
• Capture rights do not apply
to visitors detained within the walls of Turia for committing a crime. Once a magistrate has been contacted to deal
with a crime what happens to the defendant is in the hands of that magistrate.
• Capture rights apply to a
free woman of Turia only if she has been rescued from captivity outside the
walls of Turia by a single individual of Turia.
(See section 23 for more details)
• Free women of Turia who have
been taken captive by an enemy city and enslaved but are then rescued by a
group from the city of Turia will be recognized as a free person upon return to
Turia unless there is evidence of willing submission.
2.8 In the event that Caste Law and Turian law conflict, the stricter
of the two laws will be enforced.
2.9 Magistrates from the caste
of scribes will enforce and oversee Turian City Law, the merchant magistrate
will enforce and oversee Merchant Law and the head of each caste will enforce
and oversee caste law as it applies to their caste.
3. HOME STONE
3.1 Anyone found guilty of stealing or attempting to steal the Home
Stone of Turia will be boiled to death in oil.
Theft of an individual citizen’s Home Stone will be punished by torture
and impalement
3.2 Any person who publicly speaks of the Home Stone of Turia without
first standing may be slain immediately by any citizen witnessing the
crime. All such occurrences must be
reviewed by the Head Magistrate, Head Scribe or Ubar (in that order).
3.3 It is a crime for any free person who is not a sworn citizen of
Turia to claim the Home Stone as theirs.
The punishment is death as determined by the magistrate.
4. TREASON – defined as any act
by a citizen that undermines the security of the city or sanctity of the Home
Stone.
4.1 Anyone (citizen or not) attempting to take a map of Turia out of
the city is punishable by death by impalement.
4.2 Non-citizens in possession of a map of Turian will be put to death
by impalement.
4.3 Making an unauthorized copy of a key or being in possession of an
unauthorized copy of a key for Turia is punishable by death by impalement
4.4 Unauthorized entry into Turia is punishable by death by impalement.
4.5 Forgery of the official seal of Turia carries a punishment of death
by impalement.
4.5 Other acts deemed treasonous are punishable by death as determined
by the magistrate.
5. CITY ENTRY/VISITORS
5.1 All free women are to be escorted when coming to and from Turia by
capable man (or NPC guard.) Failure to
do so can result in fines, detention or collaring.
5.2 Visiting free women are required to be escorted by a capable man
(or NPC guard) while within the walls of Turia.
Failure to do so can result in fines, detention or collaring
5.3 Members of Players, Poets, Musicians and Singers castes may freely
enter Turia and are immune from enslavement.
It does not mean they are immune from all laws and may be punished with
fines, detention, banishment or even death if the crime warrants it.
5.4 Heralds, bearing a gold slash on the left temple of their helmet or
headgear, are permitted entrance to the city and may not be interfered with by
any citizen.
5.5 Ambassadors are permitted entrance to the city and carry the same
rights as the heralds.
• Officially recognized
Ambassadors possess legal immunity within Turia. Though they may not be prosecuted for their
crimes, they still may be expelled from the city.
• If such individuals ever
return to Turia after their expulsion, they possess no legal immunity and thus
are subject to arrest.
5.6 Assassins, when bearing the mark, are permitted entrance without
interference.
5.7 Assassins not bearing the mark of the black dagger must enter the
city as common free, and are subject to all city laws, and their punishments.
5.8 Anyone disguised as a Player, Poet, Musician, singer, herald,
ambassador or assassin and thus gains access to the city, is subject to arrest
and subsequent impalement.
5.9 Anyone afflicted with or appearing to be afflicted with Dar-Kosis
is considered to be legally dead and denied entrance into the city.
5.10 Visitors from allied cities will be held accountable to Turian
City Law as outlined by the signed alliance on file in the library of Turia.
5.11 Visitors from enemy cities enter the gates of Turia at their own
risk. They are not provided any
protection under the laws of Turia. They
should state a clear and specific reason for entering the city, if they don’t
they can be considered a spy and prosecuted accordingly.
5.12 Visitors from cities that are neither allied or enemies (hereafter
termed “neutral”) may enter the city and are expected to adhere to all
laws. However this is not your Home
Stone and you are not provided the same rights and protections as those of this
Home Stone.
5.13 Panthers and Taluna are considered outlaws as well as those who
refuse to claim a Home Stone/Place of residence or caste. Outlaw men may be executed, outlaw women
enslaved and sold at public auction.
5.14 Anyone entering Turia under false pretenses may be arrested and
presented to a magistrate for prosecution.
6. CITIZENSHIP
6.1 Citizenship is granted to free men and women who have reached
puberty and have sworn to the Home Stone Turia.
6.2 Children of citizens are not considered citizens of Turia but are
protected by the laws until they are old enough to swear to the Home Stone
themselves.
6.3 Citizenship may be revoked at any time by the Ubar or the High
Council. Those who have citizenship
revoked will be immediately banished from the city.
6.4 Only citizens and their children are guaranteed protection and
rights under Turian law. Others may be
extended the privilege by the Ubar or the High Council.
6.4 Anyone who loses their caste will be brought before a magistrate to
determine suitability for continued citizenship.
6.5 After a period of one month, all free living in Turia will be
called upon to swear to the Home Stone.
Refusal to do so will result in expulsion from the city. Only the Ubar may make exceptions to this
rule.
6.6 The head of a household or family within Turia may terminate a
family member's citizenship by speaking the Oath of Disownment. A person who has been disowned loses all
connection to their family and caste. A
warrior may take the oath of disownment by swearing on the hilt of his
sword. Any other citizen may take the
oath of disownment by swearing on an official symbol of the city, such as a
medallion of office or by placing a hand on the Tur Tree.
6.7 Any free person who is enslaved automatically loses caste, citizenship,
ties to family and property. Free women
entering into legal inbondment see section 9.
7. CASTE LAW
7.1 All free persons must belong to a caste to live in the City of
Turia.
7.2 Any free person who refuses to practice their caste, strives to alter
their caste without permission of the high council or Ubar will be stripped of
caste and declared an outlaw (see section 5 for more information). Free women of the warriors do not perform
caste work and thus are exempt from the requirement to practice caste work.
7.3 Anyone falsely claiming membership of a caste is subject to fines
or enslavement according to the severity of the offense. Wearing a badge or symbol of another caste is
enough for conviction, however simply wearing a color used by another caste is
not.
7.4 A free person may be of one caste but own a business in another.
7.5 Free women belong to all castes on Gor except the initiates and the
assassins.
7.6 Panthers and Taluna are considered outlaws and thus cannot claim a
caste.
7.7 The head of caste is responsible for maintaining standards of the
caste and enforcing caste code.
7.8 The head of caste is voted on by a majority vote of the whole
caste.
7.9 A head of caste can be removed by a majority vote of the high
council. A caste may petition the
council to consider the removal of their head of caste.
7.10 The head of caste may appoint other members of the caste into
positions as needed.
7.11 The head of caste may remove a member from a position or
discipline caste members as needed for failure to perform adequate caste work,
failure to practice their caste at all or for bringing dishonor to their
caste. Discipline may include a decrease
in rank, requirements to prove proficiency in ones caste work or even explosion
from the caste, this is solely at the discretion of the head of caste.
7.12 Children will take on the caste of their father at birth but upon
reaching legal age to swear to the Home Stone may apply to join another caste.
7.13 Free women may choose to take on the caste of their
companion. The caste must accept their
admission but the free woman may not practice caste work (if any is prescribed,
depending on the caste) until suitable training has been completed.
7.14 Any free person who is enslaved automatically loses their caste,
caste protections as well as any other rights or entitlements.
7.15 To change one’s caste one must petition the high council and have
permission of both heads of caste. No
man or woman can be admitted to a caste without the expression permission of
the head of caste. The one exception is
the admittance of a free woman who opts to take the caste of her companion (see
section 24.7).
7.16 Each caste is responsible for creating and enforcing their own
caste code. In the event that caste code/law
and Turian law conflict, the stricter of the two laws will be enforced.
8. FREE WOMEN
8.1 Free women are to be modesty dressed without showing shoulders,
arms, legs, belly, back or chest.
Wrists, ankles and hands may be shown but know that in the books even
those areas were often covered. Sheer
materials are NOT appropriate for veils or to cover the chest.
8.2 High caste free women must be veiled in public. Any women found without a veil will be
escorted back to her home until the situation is rectified on the first
offense. Further offenses will be
presented to the magistrate for punishment.
May include fines, whipping or enslavement according to the severity of
the offense.
8.3 It is illegal to forcibly remove a free women of Turia’s veil except
by a magistrate prior to enslavement.
Any person who face strips a free woman will be brought before a
magistrate and subject to fines or potentially other punishments depending on
the severity of the offense. This does not applied to captured free women.
8.4 Free women are permitted to escape or attempt escape from a captor
until they have been legally enslaved.
8.5 See section 2.6 for capture rights as they apply to free women.
8.6 A free women, of her own free will, may submit herself as a slave
to a specific man. If he refuses her
submission, she is to be remanded to a magistrate's custody to determine
whether her behavior is sufficiently slave like to warrant her being collared
to the City of Turia's kennels.
* Note the only BTB information
on this is Red Caste Codes, where if submitted to a man of red caste, if he
does not accept her submission into slavery, he has to kill her. It states no where what other caste men would
or would not do.
8.7 The right of submission to a specific man is null and void once an
official, sealed arrest warrant is issued for a free woman. Her only submission option at that point is
to the city kennels.
8.8 Free women are expected to conduct themselves with a certain level
of decorum in public, that worthy of their status as a free woman. If a free women is accused of conduct
befitting a collar then a complaint must be filed. All cases of collarable offense must be presided
over by a magistrate and a preponderance of evidence presented. Insulting or disrespectful speech towards a
man by itself is NOT a collarable offense.
Examples of conduct suitable for enslavement:
• Wearing slave garments or
earrings, even as a disguise.
• Spying on masters and
slaves, repetitive lingering around slave markets or kennels.
• Exhibiting an interest in
bondage
• Public displays of lust
• Vagrancy or other criminal
behavior
• Performing slave dance in
public
• Kneeling before a free man
or calling a free man master (this does not include the tower position free
women commonly kneel in)
• Have a brand without
manumission papers
• Theft (second conviction)
• Refusal or inability to pay
debts
• Entering the tavern without
escort or official caste business (such as a physician providing medical care).
• Repeated public drunkenness,
nudity and/or inappropriate dress.
8.9 Free companions and fathers may enslave their free companions or
daughters without a magistrate but outside of that, only a magistrate acting
within their caste codes and the laws of Turia may enslave another citizen of
Turia without a gesture of submission.
8.10 Force collaring a citizen of Turia without a magistrate carries a
minimum punishment of slavery but may result in death depending on the
circumstances. Note the exception to
this listed above.
8.11 Any free women who couches, or prepares to couch a slave not her
own, can be enslaved by a magistrate and becomes the property of that slave’s
owner. The exception to this rule is if
a slave has been given to a free woman to use by its owner. A written agreement must be present.
8.12 No free women of Turia can be enslaved for simply speaking to a
man in an insulting or disrespectful manner.
However the line between acceptable and unacceptable is thin. A free woman’s father or free companion are
the only two men who may discipline a woman for such behavior without a
magistrate.
8.13 Free women may own and operate their own houses, merchant houses,
businesses, real estate or property (including slaves).
8.14 Free women of Turia are free to move about the city’s jurisdiction
without escort.
8.15 Free women may not enter the Tavern unescorted. Even with escort, entering the tavern is at
their own risk. Free women found in the
tavern without escort will be stripped (facial veil left on) and escorted home
on the first offense. Enslaved on the
second offense. The one exception to the
rule is a free woman who entered the Tavern for the purposes of caste business,
such as a physician providing medical care.
8.16 Free women may not enter the Warrior’s hall unescorted unless they
are of the warrior’s caste. Non-warrior
caste free women found within the hall unescorted are at the mercy of the
warrior’s caste for questioning only on the first offense, arrest and prosecution
for trespassing for the second offense.
The punishment could be anything from fines, whipping or enslavement to
be determined by the presiding magistrate.
9. LEGAL INBONDMENT
9.1 A free women may enter into a form of limited self-contracting
slavery in which she legally becomes a slave for a specified period of
time. This contract must be written and
she cannot not end it early.
9.2 Free women in a contract of slavery may not be killed or sold
during the contract.
9.3 When the specified contract period of time is up, the free woman
returns to her prior status of freedom with all rights to family, caste and
citizenship.
9.4 If a free women submits to specific man and is refused she remains
free. If he accepts she becomes his
slave, provided it were a private, nonpublic submission. ( See 8.6 Above)
9.5 A free woman may sell herself into slavery (this is not a contract
but permanent). Once completed it cannot
be revolved.
10. MANUMISSION
10.1 The owner of a slave may free said slave only if in possession of
valid legal documentation of proof of ownership such as a valid bill of sale or
ownership papers. It is a crime to
remove the collar of a slave you do not own.
Punishable by, at minimum, a fine to the slave’s previous owner.
10.2 The freeing of a slave must be witnessed by at least one other
free person.
10.3 A freed slave has one Ahn of immunity from force collaring to
dress as befits their new station.
10.4 All records of freeing a slave must be filed with the Head
Scribe’s office within one day of the event or the manumission is invalid. Manumission papers must bear the seal of a
scribe to be valid. Forging manumission
papers is a crime punishable by enslavement.
10.5 Freed slaves must apply to a caste to be accepted.
10.6 Freed slaves must carry on their person at all times manumission
papers as proof of their freedom. Free
women who are branded and found without manumission papers may be re-enslaved
without other cause. A magistrate is not
required when such a woman is found but it is strongly suggested that one is
sought out.
11. DEBT
11.1 Loans must be written and the contract sealed by a scribe of Turia
to be valid and repayment enforced.
11.2 Breach of contract and/or failure to repay is a crime punishable
by fines, imprisonment or slavery depending on the circumstances.
11.3 If a man cannot pay his debts, creditors may petition the
magistrates to seize his properties and holdings to satisfy the debt. If that is not enough his daughters or his
free companion enslaved and sold at public auction. If that is still not enough the debtor may be
arrested and enslaved himself or made to work for his creditors until such a
time the debt is paid off.
11.4 Free women who cannot repay debts or loans in their name may be enslaved
and sold at public auction or enslaved and given to her creditor as payment.
12. INHERITANCE
12.1 If a person dies, his property passes according to his will. If the deceased doesn’t have a will then the
property passes to the legal heirs, male relatives, or the city if no legal
heirs exist.
12.2 Statutory order of precedence for legal heirs is: Free companion; eldest male child; father;
eldest uncle; eldest female child; mother; eldest aunt.
12.3 The estate of the deceased includes any and all slaves,
businesses, homes and/or real estate the deceased owned at the time of their
demise.
12.4 The property of one who becomes enslaved is transferred to their
legal heir as described above. If no
legal heir exists the property passes to the city.
13. FREE COMPANIONSHIP
13.1 A person may only have one free companion at a time.
13.2 People of other cultures that don’t have companionship contracts
need to formalize their companionship with a contract to be recognized as
companions in Turia.
13.3 Free companionship lasts one Gorean year (3 RL months). If it is not renewed by the 9th Ahn of the
anniversary the contract is null and void.
13.4 Turia does not provide for divorce or annulment of companionship
contracts. They can be dissolve one of three
ways.
• Slavery of either party
• Death of either party
• Non-renewal of the contract.
13.5 A free woman may choose to take on the family name of her
companionship but it is not required.
13.6 A free woman may choose to take on the caste of her free companion
although it is not required. She will
immediately be accepted into the caste but may not be allowed to perform caste
work until proper training as occurred.
A free man does not have the same option.
14. LEGAL DOCUMENTS - Contracts and
bills of sale and other documents bearing the seal of a scribe of Turia are
legally valid and enforced within the full extent of the law.
14.1 Forging the signature or seal of another is illegal and is
punishable by fines or enslavement as deemed by the magistrate.
14.2 Falsifying a contract or altering a legally valid contract after
it has been sealed is fraud and punishable at the discretion of the magistrate
presiding.
14.3 Breech of any legally binding contract is a crime and punishable
at the discretion of the presiding magistrate.
15. THEFT is a crime.
15.1 Punishment for the first offense for both men and women is ear
notching.
15.2 Punishment for the second offense for a male is loss of a hand,
for a female it’s permanent enslavement.
15.3 Punishment for the third offense for a male is enslavement.
15.4 All recovered property of the theft will be returned to its
rightful owner. If a rightful owner
cannot be determined the property passes to the city.
16. RAPE - defined as forcing a
free person to engage in sexual acts against their will.
16.1 Witnesses, physician testimony and/or other evidence is required
to be found guilty of rape.
16.2 Punishment is banishment, fines, enslavement or execution as
deemed by the magistrate presiding over the case.
17. ASSAULT – defined as a physical attack on a free person with the
intent to harm them. This definition
does not include warrior challenges and duals.
17.1 Punishment for assault is at the discretion of the magistrate and
should be proportionate to the severity of the assault.
17.2 Assaulting a free woman or unarmed free man with a deadly weapon
or sufficient force to cause death may be considered attempted murder and may
be subject to the same penalties as murder.
17.3 Free persons may defend themselves against attackers with enough
force to stop the assault without penalty within the law.
18. MURDER – defined as taking
the life of or attempting to take the life of another free person. (See below for justifiable homicide).
18.1 Punishment for a first offense could be anything from substantial
fines paid to the victim’s family, enslavement or even death to be determined
by the magistrate based on circumstances.
18.2 Punishment for a second
offense is death, method to be determined by the magistrate.
18.3 Those accused of murder may plead their innocence to a magistrate
and may claim it was a justifiable homicide.
Examples of such are below:
• In defense of the Home Stone
• As an act of war.
• On order from the city such
as a warrior carrying out the death sentence of a convicted prisoner.
• In self defense
• In the protection of others
• Within physician
practice. Some actions on the part of a
physician may unintentionally cause the death of their patient. Another physician’s testimony is required to
claim this defense.
• Refusal of a captive female
to submit. A free man with capture
rights over a captured woman may kill her if they refuse to submit.
• Assassins. An assassin acting on a paid contract cannot
be charged with murder as long as all the required legal documentation of his
hunt is present according to City of Turia assassin caste codes.
• The killing of a slave,
regardless of the reason, is not murder. (See section 22 for more details on
when compensation is owed)
19. FIRES/ARSON – it is a crime
to willfully or neglectfully start a fire in Turia. This is punishable by anything from fines to
community service to enslavement or death depending on the circumstances. Death is reserved for the most severe
offenses involving loss of Turian life in the fire. Raiders who set fire to the city may be put
to death without there being loss of Turian life.
20. VIGILANTISM - is defined as
acting against a person or persons thought to be in violation of the laws
without proper involvement of a magistrate where one is required. Individual charged with vigilantism are
considered to be action outside of caste and may be charged with a variety of
other caste related crimes such as falsely claiming a caste not their own. Punishment will be determined by the
presiding magistrate depending on the severity of the crime but may include
fines, community service or enslavement.
21. NON-CRIMINAL DISPUTES – in
the event of a dispute for which there is no written law (Turian, Caste,
Merchant or capture right) to govern the following applies:
21.1 Between two free persons of the same caste – the head of their
caste will make the ruling.
21.2 Between two free persons of different castes – the heads of the
castes involved will collaborate on a ruling.
If the heads of caste can’t agree on a resolution it will go to the
Ubar.
21.3 Disputes involving free women will be resolved by the male head of
her household. If one doesn’t exist her
head of caste will make the ruling.
22. SLAVES
22.1 There are only two legal statuses: Free and slave. If a person is not legally owned, then they
are considered free.
22.2 A slave is the legal property of the owner and may be used,
disposed of or destroyed as the owner sees fit.
22.3 An owner must register their slave(s) with ownership papers sealed
by a Scribe of Turia within 2 weeks of becoming part of the city. Registration requires a recent slave exam by
a Turian physician and proof of ownership.
Failure to do so will result in forfeiture of the slave to the city
kennels.
• Allowances for time may be
granted if there are difficulties obtaining an exam although proof of attempts
to obtain the exam are required.
• Proof of ownership can be
anything from previous ownership papers from another city to a bill of
sale. If a slave submitted directly and
thus no proof of ownership is available then the slave must be present at the
time the ownership papers for Turia are completed to ensure the slave is actually
a slave.
• The owner is responsible for
all fees and charges necessary to obtain ownership papers.
• It is a crime to forge or
falsify documents needed to obtain ownership papers. It is also a crime to forge, falsify or
change ownership papers legally sealed by a scribe.
• Refusal to obtain the
necessary exam or provide proof of ownership of a slave will result in the
confiscation of the slave to the city kennels.
22.4 All slaves with in the city (both owned by citizens of Turia or
visitors) will have proper identification as to their owner’s name and Home
Stone or location of residence. This may
be in the form of slave papers and/or a collar with the information inscribed.
22.5 All slaves must be clearly marked with a collar around the neck
and/or a brand. Collars must be visible
at all times.
22.6 Slaves without proper identification will be detained in the City
of Turia kennels for a period of 7 days so their owner can claim them. Unclaimed slaves become the property of the
city kennels.
22.7 Slaves may be commanded and/or punished by any free person and a
slave must obey the orders given to them regardless of the restrictions they
may have been given by their owner. If a
slave’s owner is present then whether or not the slave obeys the command of
another free is at the discretion of the owner.
If the slave’s owner is not present then they must obey any and all
commands/punishments given. Failure to
do so may result in any number of punishments.
22.8 Restrictions placed on slaves by their owners are enforceable only
with the owner present. Other free may
choose to respect the restriction when the owner is not around but are not
required to. Slaves should communicate
restrictions if it conflicts with an order given but may not use it as an
excuse to disobey the order of a free person.
22.9 Compensation will be awarded to the owner of a slave who is
damaged or killed by another free person.
If the free cannot peacefully agree on the amount, a magistrate should
be sought out. Once a magistrate is called both parties are
bound by the ruling made.
22.10 Illegal Slave Behavior – while owners have a right to command
their slaves’ behavior there are some behaviors not permitted for slaves in the
City of Turia?
• No slave shall strike a free
person, the punishment for such an action is death.
• Slaves may not carry
weapons. (see Raid Rules)
• Slaves should kneel when
greeting or addressing a free person.
Failure to do so may result in death and is punishable by any free person
present at the time. Reimbursement for
loss of a slave’s life or damage can be collected but it is the responsibility
of the owner of the slave to claim it.
• It is illegal for slaves to
own anything, including their name.
Slaves may use goods with the permission of the free but do not own
them.
• It is illegal for a slave to
wear veils or other garments of a free person.
• A slave who claims caste or
Home Stone will be put to death.
22.11 Fighting Thralls - may carry weapons once registered properly
with the city and may protect ONLY their owner or the person they are legally
rented to. A written rental contract
must be in place for a fighting thrall to be rented to another. Fighting thralls may not participate in raids
to defend the city but can bandage.
Properly registered fighting thralls may carry a bow but not a sword or
other bladed weapon. See the combat laws
for more specifics.
22.12 Abandonment of a slave – a slave is considered abandoned when 14
days has passed with no contact and no prior arrangements for a leave have been
arranged. If abandoned ownership
transfers according to the inheritance order found in section 12.
22.13 Runaway Slaves – is defined as a slave who leaves the care of
their owner without their permission.
Turian slaves found outside the main gates of Turia without escort are
considered runaways.
• Runaway slaves will be kept
in the city kennels for 7 days. If their
owner does not claim them the slave becomes property of the city. If their owner does come to claim them the
slave will be returned when payment for the slave’s upkeep has been paid. The amount to be determined by the slaver.
22.14 Stray/Unowned slaves
• Stray or unowned slaves
found outside the gates of Turia may be collared by anyone who finds them. If the person who found them does not want to
collar them they can be left outside the gates to die or taken to the city
kennels.
• Stray or runaway slaves
found inside the gates of Turia may be collared by anyone who finds them. If the person who finds them does not want to
collar them then the slave should be taken to the city kennels.
22.15 Slaves may not enter the temple of the Priest Kings, violation of
this is punishable by death by any free person who discovers a slave in the
temple.
22.16 Merchant Law in regards to slaves – Merchant law in regards to
the sale, transport and possession of slaves is enforced within the walls of
Turia unless it conflicts with Turian City law.
In the case of a conflict Turian law takes priority. See section 23 for specifics on Merchant law.
23. MERCHANT LAW
23.1 Weights and Measures – the caste of merchants will maintain a
reference weight and scale and a single reference stone to be calibrated
against the standard measures at the Sardar Fairs. Other merchants are required
to calibrate their own weights against this reference once a year.
23.2 Merchants found to be selling using measures deviating from the
standard by more than 15% will be charged with fraud.
23.3 Patents and copyrights are available within the City of Turia but
are only enforceable within the city walls and subject to Turian City Law.
23.4 Forgery of the city seal on products is illegal.
23.5 Shaving or slicing off metal from any coin is considered to be
theft and fraud.
23.6 Merchants are required to obtain a license to conduct business
within the city of Turia. Licenses can
be obtained from the caste of scribes or the merchant magistrate. Merchants operating without a license will be
assessed a fine for the first offense, their business confiscated by the city
for the second offense.
23.7 Free persons taken prisoner are considered free until they are
collared, branded or perform an act of submission. Acts of submission include kneeling before a
free man (kneeling in the tower position commonly used by free women does not
count), referring to other free as Master or Mistress, performing the common
act of submission by kneeling with the wrists crossed over the head.
23.8 See section 2.6 for capture rights as they apply to free women.
23.9 Identification of slaves by collar and/or brand is governed under
Turian City Law, see section 22.
23.10 Merchant magistrates enforce and
oversee violations of merchant law not otherwise governed by Turian City Law.
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