Neutral property, I I . 123, 326, 545.
Nifâb, (the taxable proportion o f an eftate,) I. 2.— o f camels, 10.— o f k ine, 12.— o f p ei-
fonal effects, 24.— o f filver, 25.— o f gold, 27.
Nookoo Zabeeb, a fpecies o f prohibited liquor, I V . icq.
Noozool, a term applied to portions o f the K oran, I. 188.
N o fe , cutting o ff the, IV . 294, 332.
Nuifances (public) cannot be differed for a compofition, I I I . 185.— (placed in the highway)
penalty for injuries occafioned by, IV . 357.
N u ll fales, I I . 428.
N u r fe, hire o f a, I I I . 340.
O .
O a th , in what cafe impofed upon a murderer, I II. 7 5 .— -cannot be tendered in cafe o f a
compofition between the parties, 8 2 .— adminiftered to a feller and pur-
, ^chafer, 85.
Oaths, forms under which they may be conceived or exprefied, I. 493. I l l , 7 7 .— impofed
by a fupreme magiftrate, I. 5 5 9 .— adminiftered in litigated claims, I I I . 68.
— rules to be obferved in adminiftering, 7 1 , 7 7 .— in what cafes tendered to a
defendant, 73 , 74.— taken upon compulfion, 465.-— adminiftration of, in
cafes o f uncertain homicide, I V . 427 to 447.
Ocean, water o f the, IV . 139.
O ffences against th e person, I V . 270 to 3^7.— committed upon an apojlate, II.
2 41 .— fliort o f life, defcription of, IV . 295.— penalties for, (.fee. Retaliation.
Fines.)— forgivenefs of, 310.^/57 qr uPon animals, 373.— by or upon flaves,
385 to 4 19 .— by or upon ufiirped flaves, or infants, 420 to 426.
Offspring, claim of, I. 47 8. I I I . 7 1 , 74 , 130.-—o f an animal, claim laid to the, 1 13 .
Option, o f matyrity or manumiffion, in marriage, I . 105.— allowed to a wife in regard tp
divorce, 244.— conditions of, in fale, I . 456 .— (in fale) o f acceptance, II.
362.— o f the meeting, 363.— o f determination, 392.— o f infpeliion, 396.—
from defeft, 406.— right of, in hire, I I I . 368.
Optional conditions, in fale, II. 380.
Oral fefimony, a fpecies o f law authority, I I . 280.
Oraya fales authorifed, I I . 434.
Ornaments, vows relpedting, I. 5 5 1 .— fuperfluous, in drefs, an abomination, IV . 9 3 .
Orphans, guardianfhip-of, vefted in the magiftrate, I. 108.:— the property of, may be lent
by the magiftrate, I I . 637.— deeds o f gift in favour of, I I I . 297. I V . 124.
(for other particulars fee Infants. Foundlings.)
Otters,
Otters, the flefh of, un lawful, IV * 74.
Ou tlaw ry. (See Expatriation.)
P.
Paralytic perfbns muft not be flain, in war, I I . 148.
Paraphernalia, (of a wife,) rules concerning the, I I I . 9 9 , 100.
Pardon ■ (See Forgivenefs. )
Pardoning, (for murder,) prerogative of, refts with the avenger o f blood, I V . 299.
Parent, dealing from a, I I . 98.
Parentage, eftablifhment of, I. 376, 377* 20, 22, 68.— o f children begotten upon
female flaves, I . 479* claim of, I I I . 7 1 , 74, 124-— acknowledgment
of, 168.
Parricide, I V . 281.
Par t it io n , I V . 1 to 38.— o f cohabitation among a plurality of wives, I. 184.__claim of,
by two heirs, IV . 8.— what are fit obje&s of, 1 1 .— mode of accomplifhing,
16.— difputes concerning, 23.— *plea of error in, 24, 25.— of ufufrufi, 3 1 .
Partitioned a public, the office of, IV . 3.
Partner, evidence o f a, II. 687.— hire o f a, I I I . 344, 347.
Partn ersh ip, I I . 295 to 333.— by reciprocity, 297 .— how contrafled when the flock
confifts of e ffe a s , '319.— in traffic, 3 12 .— in arts, 3 2 1 .— qn perfonal credit,
324.— under whartircumftances invalid, 326.— refponfibility incurred in,
6 ° ° .— agency for coritra&ing, I I I . 8.— in debts, 199.— right o f pre-emp-
tion in virtue of, 562.
Partnerlhip-ftock, what conftitutes, I I . 3 6 5 10 3 0 9 .— Iofs of, 3 14 .— g ift of, by one part-
ner to the other, I I I . 294.
Partnerfhip-flave, emancipation o f a, I . 440, 444, 445.— manumiflion of, b y one o f the
partners, I I . 626.— Kitabat with a, IV . 4 14 .
— —-------- lands, appropriation of a fhare in, M 345-
Paternal brothers and lifters, I . 77.
Paternity. (See Parentage.)
Pawn, o f z jla v e , I I . 505.— plea of, defeats a claim, I I I . 10 1 .— (in claims) is o f a ftronger
nature than gift, i io .— to two (or more) perfons, 224.
Pawner, law in cafe o f the death o f a, IV . 226.
Pawnholder, I I I . 56.
P awns, I V . 188 to 269.
Payment, period of, in fale, muft be fixed, I I . 364.
Peace, (with infidels,) treaties of, II. 15 6.— may be granted in return for property, 152.
— muft not be purchafed b y Muffulmans, 153.
Pearls,