Editing Dušan Code (section)

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;On the Law
:Further commandeth our Imperial Majesty:
:Should our Imperial Majesty write a letter
:Out of wrath, or out of love
:Or out of mercy for any one,
:And should such a letter contravene the Code
:And be at variance with the law and justice
:As set down in the Code,
:The judges
:Shall not comply therewith
:But shall judge
:And act withal as justice commandenth.
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;On Poor Women
:Any poor woman unable to litigate
:Or defend herself shall choose an attorney
:Who shall speak on her behalf.
:The poorest hemp-spinstress shall be as free as a priest shall.

;On Prisoners
:Whoso escapeth from prison to the Imperial Court, be he a serf of the Crown, or of the Church, or of a nobleman, shall by the act itself be set free; should he be bearing any gifts for the man to whom he hath escaped, he shall return them to the man from whom he hath escaped.
:Whoso escapeth from the prison at our Imperial Court to the patriarchal court shall be set free; also shall be set free any man who escapeth from the patriarchal prison to the Imperial Court.
:Also, should any one give shelter to a man from a foreign land, and that man be a fugitive from his master or from justice holding our imperial letter of clemency, said letter shall not be contested; should he hold no such letter, he shall be returned wherefrom he hath escaped.
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