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Laws, Statutes, and Merchant Law

Criminal

  • It is illegal to take any maps of Treve or Minus out of the city or for someone outside of the city to make their own map of Treve or Minus.

  • Thievery is illegal and harshly punished. The first offense is generally punished by an ear notching. For a second offense, men are punished by the loss of their left hand and both feet while women are punished by enslavement.

    • Thievery of all forms, from pick pocketing to fraud, is included here;an exception would be sexual use of an unbelted kajira. Should a man lock pick her belt, that would constitute theft.

  • It is a capital offense for a locksmith to make an unauthorized copy of a key.

  • Lock picking is a serious crime and penalty shall be deemed in accordance to the lock or building picked; May be considered an act of theft, spying, etc., and the penalty imposed in accordance to such determination.

  • Illegal enslavement is a serious offense, subject to penalties that can include enslavement or death.

  • Murder is prohibited. It is not considered murder in instances of honor, duels, canjellne, or self-defense.

  • Arson is prohibited. 

  • Unlawful assaults are prohibited.

  • The unlawful damage or destruction of another's personal or real property is prohibited; with the exception of slaves, as they are subjected to punishment and death for being displeasing.

  • Face stripping, the act of forcefully removing her veils against her will or rape of a Free Woman of Treve, inside of lands ruled or governed by Treve, is considered a high crime.  Perpetrators will be enslaved, impaled, or banished at the discretion of the Praetor.

  • The act of spying against Treve or its Territories, or the aiding of such a spy in any way, is subject to penalty up to and including impalement or slavery.  Conversely, spying abroad for the benefit of Treve is an honorable endeavor.

  • Punishments for violations of the laws of Treve will vary depending upon the nature of the law, the violation, the violator and any other relevant circumstances. Punishments may include, without limitation; fines, imprisonment, exile, maiming, mutilation, torture, enslavement, impalement and execution. The most significant difference in the assessment of punishment is that enslavement is far more commonly apportioned to female criminals.

  • In the absence of explicit lists of punishments, such will be determined by the High Council of Treve.

Civil

  • Inheritance

    • The properties and titles, assets and goods of a given individual who is has passed to the City of Dust are automatically regarded as having been transferred to one of the following if no will exists and all debts are satisfied. In order:

      • Eldest Male child

      • Eldest Male relative, in trust for the children, if any.

      • Eldest female child

      • Eldest female relative, in trust for the children, if any.

      • The Free Companion

      • A named guardian

      • The city

  • Debts

    • Any and all debts called in for redemption and unable to be satisfied will be handled in the following manner:

      • Any and all monies upon the person will be used

      • If the monies collected do not satisfy the debt, assets will be liquidated.

      • If liquidation does not satisfy the debt, the debt holder will be detained and provide services until the debt is satisfied or someone agrees to pay the redemption fee. 

      • A free man who cannot pay his debts may sell daughters into slavery or become a slave himself.

      • A free woman who cannot pay her debts will be enslaved. Under the redemption laws, a man can pay her debts and thus will now own her. If no one redeems her within a certain period, she will be sold to slavers. 

      • If the debt belongs to a deceased person, his daughters may be enslaved and sold to satisfy the creditors.

  • Redemption Fees

    • Monies paid to satisfy the debt of another

      • If a man pays the redemption fee of a woman, he may free her, sell her, or make her his slave.

  • Defamation​

  • Breach of Contract​

  • Personal Injury

  • ​Destruction of Property

    • In the case of irreversible damage, maiming, or the death of a slave, the owner of said property may seek out compensation. He may approach the accused to seek so privately or bring the matter to a praetor. Should it go before the praetor;the value of the property, previous to the incident, will be assessed by an independent slaver. It will be in that assessment the value is determined. 

Merchant Law

Slaves

  • When a person is collared, it cancels their past. They begin a new life as a slave and may not be held accountable for any crimes that occurred while they were free. 

  • All men are able to capture and collar unescorted or unowned slaves within Minus, as long as said slave is not the property of a fellow citizen or an accepted visitor within Treve and Minus.

    • Once captured, the man is now the recognized owner of the slave.​

    • There is no law stating the man must surrender the capture to the city or a slaver. According to Merchant Law, an unclaimed slave, one legally subject to claimancy, may be claimed, and then is the property of the claimant. At this point, the man may keep the slave or sell her anyway he sees fit.

    • There is also the legal standing of capture rights which allows a man to retain his claim on the slave.

  • Capture rights pertain to all property, including slaves. Active possession of a slave is regarded as crucial by the law. A slave must fully serve anyone who possesses her, even a thief. If the slave runs away from the thief, she is considered to be a runaway. Free women are permitted to escape from a captor as long as they have not yet been enslaved. The point of this law is to keep slaves in bondage and to make men bold. The institution of capture is honored by all cities, provided the females captured are those of an enemy. 

    • The free woman is entitled to attempt to flee her captor , as best she can, and without penalty, even after the first night in his bonds, if she still chooses to do so. If she is enslaved, of course, then she is subject too, the same customs, and practices, and laws, as any other slave

    • A person is considered to be a prisoner and not a slave, as long as they have not been branded, collared or performed a gesture of submission.

  • A man may enslave a woman he does not share a Home Stone with.

  • A man may enslave a barbarian female. She stands within a general permission of enslavement, fair beauty quarry to any Gorean male whatsoever.

  • If a lost, stolen or runaway slave is taken by another person, the original master has only one week to regain his property before legal title passes to the new master. The slave remains the property of the original master only for that one week if he does not regain possession. 

    • For a slave to runaway from her owner is a serious offense. For the first offense, the penalty is commonly a severe beating. But she is only allowed that single mistake. The penalty for a second offense is usually ham stringing. 

  • It is illegal to sell a slave that is not your own, without the owner's permission. The penalty varies according to the sex of the seller. For a man, it is exile, and for a woman, it is enslavement. 

  • A person who is found to possess a stolen slave might not be convicted or any crime if they are truly ignorant of fact that the slave was stolen.

  • It is illegal to offer an unbranded slave in a public sale. 

  • There are three standard marking places for brands, on the left thigh, right thigh, and lower left abdomen. 

  • It is illegal to sell a slave as auburn haired if she is truly not so. 

  • It is a felony to forge or falsify pedigree papers on any slave. 

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