The Maetorian Code Legal

* Flogging (a set number of strokes)
* Hard Labour (for a period of days, months, or years depending on the seriousness of the crime)
* Imprisonment in the dungeons of the local Lord's castle, or the local courtroom (for a period of days or months depending on the seriousness of the crime)
* Fine (payable to the city; inability to pay the fine leads to imprisonment and/or hard labour)
* Damages (payable to the injured party or victim’s kin; inability to pay damages leads to imprisonment and/or hard labour)
* Edict (forbidding the convicted from doing something; violation of an edict can result in imprisonment, hard labour, and/or a fine)

## **The Maetorian Code Legal:**

### I. Crimes against Lords, Officials, and Nobles

* Assaulting or impersonating a Lord: death
* Assaulting or impersonating an official or noble: flogging, imprisonment up to a tenday, and fine up to 500 Korunas
* Blackmailing an official: flogging and exile up to 10 years
* Bribery or attempted bribery of an official: exile up to 20 years and fine up to double the bribe amount
* Murder of a Lord, official, or noble: death
* Using magic to influence a Lord without consent: imprisonment up to a year, and fine or damages up to 1,000 Korunas
* Using magic to influence an official without consent: fine or damages up to 1,000 Korunas and edict

### II. Crimes against the City

* Arson: death or hard labour up to 1 year, with fines and/or damages covering the cost of repairs plus 2,000 Korunas
* Brandishing weapons without due cause: imprisonment up to a tenday and/or fine up to 10 Korunas
* Espionage: death or permanent exile
* Fencing stolen goods: fine equal to the value of the stolen goods and edict
* Forgery of an official document: flogging and exile for 10 summers
* Hampering justice: fine up to 200 Korunas and hard labour up to a tenday
* Littering: fine up to 2 Korunas and edict
* Poisoning a city well: Death

* Theft: flogging followed by imprisonment up to a tenday, hard labour up to 1 year, or fine equal to the value of the stolen goods
* Treason: Death
* Vandalism: imprisonment up to a tenday plus fine and/or damages covering the cost of repairs plus up to 100 Korunas
* Using magic to influence an official without consent: fine or damages up to 1,000 Korunas and edict

### III. Crimes against the Gods

* Assaulting a priest or lay worshiper: imprisonment up to a tenday and damages up to 500 Korunas
* Disorderly conduct within a temple: fine up to 5 Korunas and edict
* Public blasphemy against a god or church: edict
* Theft of temple goods or offerings: imprisonment up to a tenday and damages up to double the cost of the stolen items
* Tomb-robbing: imprisonment up to a tenday and damages covering the cost of repairs plus 500 Korunas

### IV. Crimes against Citizens

* Assaulting a citizen: imprisonment up to a tenday, flogging, and damages up to 1,000 Korunas
* Blackmailing or intimidating a citizen: fine or damages up to 500 Korunas and edict
* Burglary: imprisonment up to 3 months and damages equal to the value of the stolen goods plus 500 Korunas
* Damaging property or livestock: damages covering the cost of repairs or replacement plus up to 500 Korunas
* Disturbing the peace: fine up to 25 Korunas and edict
* Murdering a citizen without justification: death or hard labour up to 10 years, and damages up to 1,000 Korunas paid to the victim’s kin
* Murdering a citizen with justification: exile up to 5 years or hard labour up to 3 years or damages up to 1,000 Korunas paid to the victim’s kin
* Robbery: hard labour up to 1 month and damages equal to the value of the stolen goods plus 500 Korunas
* Slavery: flogging and hard labour up to 10 years
* Using magic to influence a citizen without consent: fine or damages up to 1,000 Korunas and edict

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