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back what he h^s |>aid* lefs twei>ty five dollars. If ^hc woman in* 
fifts, BO tkam can bo cktmed by her rel&fions. If th^ talks kooioo 
3uti:^«^tfw (brpk^n) <liie :wi£& is tjie h^AjaiadV property, and he nfiay 
fcU kcr if he plegfc?.. 
If a man com pells a female debtor of bis to 'cohabit with hini^ her 
debt, if the fa<Si be proved^ is thereby difcharged, if forty dollars and 
upwards^ if under foiry, the debt is clear, jjnd he pays the diiTcrence. 
. It ihc accufes iicr mafter, fuliVjly, of tk3^ ©fff-nrp^ debt is doDblcd, 
; If he cohabits with her by her confent^ her parents may compdl him 
to marry her, cither hyjwje^r^ or femrmdo^ as they pleafe. 
If an unmarried woman proves with chi ld, the man again ft whom the 
4 fa^V is proved, muft marry her ; and they pay to the proatteens a joint 
I fine of twenty dollars and a bufialoe. This fine, if the parties agree 
to it, may be levied in the country by the neighbouring proatteens 
(without bringing it before the regular court.) 
If a woman proves with child by a relation within the prohibited de- 
grees, they pay to the proatteens a joint fine of twice fifty dollars, and 
•j i two buffaloes ; {Ifctrcum duo aucoop 
A marriage mufi: not take place between rclationSj within the third de- 
gree, or ioo/jgai mmy. But there are exceptions for the defcendants 
of females, who palling into other families become as Grangers. Of 
two brothers, the children may not intermarry. A filler's fon may 
raarry a brother's daughter; but a brother's fon may not marry a fifter^s 
daughter* 
If relations within the prohibited degrees intermarry, they incur a fine 
of twice fifty dollars and two buffaloes, and the marriage is not valid, 
** On the death of a maa married by j&ojo&r or pvrchafe, any of his 
•brothers; the eldefl: in preference, if he plcafes; may fucceed to his 
bed* If no brother chufes it, they may give the woman in marriage 
to any relation on the father's fide, without addaf ; the perfon who 
inarrics her replacing the deceafed {maniahaik&)n If no relation takes 
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