Studies in Moro History, Law, and Religion

Chapter 16

Cla.s.s II

BLEEDING WOUNDS

The fine for wounds of the skin accompanied by bleeding shall be five pesos.

Cla.s.s III

SKIN-PENETRATING WOUNDS

The fine for wounds of the skin where the skin is cut through and the flesh exposed shall be ten pesos.

Cla.s.s IV

FLESH WOUNDS

The fine for wounds where the skin and flesh are cut through shall be fifteen pesos.

Cla.s.s V

PERIOSTEAL WOUNDS

The fine for wounds where the skin and flesh are cut through and the periosteum exposed shall be twenty pesos.

Cla.s.s VI

DEEP WOUNDS

The fine for wounds that cut into the bone shall be twenty-five pesos.

Cla.s.s VII

FRACTURE WOUNDS

The fine for wounds where the bone is fractured and cut through shall be fifty pesos.

Cla.s.s VIII

DISLOCATING WOUNDS

The fine for wounds where the bone is dislocated shall be seventy pesos.

Cla.s.s IX

SKULL-PENETRATING WOUNDS

The fine for wounds where the membranes of the brain are penetrated shall be two hundred and fifty pesos.

Cla.s.s X

BRAIN WOUNDS

The fine for wounds where the brain is penetrated shall be three hundred pesos.

Cla.s.s XI

BLOOD MONEY

The blood money for the intentional or willful murder of a Moslem shall be one hundred camels or one thousand three hundred and seventy pesos.

Cla.s.s XII

The fine for amputating or cutting off one hand at the wrist, or higher, shall be fifty camels or six hundred pesos.

Cla.s.s XIII

DEEP BONE WOUNDS OF THE HEAD OR FACE

The fine for deep wounds of the head or face shall be five camels, or sixty-eight and one-half pesos.

Cla.s.s XIV

FRACTURE WOUNDS OF THE HEAD OR FACE

The fine for fracture wounds of the head or face shall be ten camels, or one hundred and thirty-seven pesos.

Cla.s.s XV

DEEP STAB WOUNDS

The fine for deep stab wounds shall be thirty-three camels and one-third, or four hundred and fifty-six and two-thirds pesos, which is one-third of the amount of blood money.

Cla.s.s XVI

The minimum amount of the blood money of a Moslem shall be eight hundred and sixty-eight and one-quarter pesos.

Cla.s.s XVII

The minimum blood money of a heathen or pagan, fifty-seven and one-quarter pesos.

Cla.s.s XVIII

The fine for an involuntary deep wound of a pagan shall be two and four-tenths pesos.

Cla.s.s XIX

The blood money for the accidental or involuntary murder of a pagan shall be forty-three and one-third pesos.

Cla.s.s XX