If a beast kill a man, not in a public contest, let it be prosecuted for murder, and after condemnation slain and cast without the border.

Also inanimate things which have caused death, except in the case of lightning and other visitations from heaven, shall be carried without the border.

If the body of a dead man be found, and the murderer remain unknown, the trial shall take place all the same, and the unknown murderer shall be warned not to set foot in the temples or come within the borders of the land; if discovered, he shall die, and his body shall be cast out.

A man is justified in taking the life of a burglar, of a footpad, of a violator of women or youth; and he may take the life of another with impunity in defence of father, mother, brother, wife, or other relations.
The nurture and education which are necessary to the existence of men have been considered, and the punishment of acts of violence which destroy life.

There remain maiming, wounding, and the like, which admit of a similar division into voluntary and involuntary.