Show fr 3 sS Ancient Property Proper Laws Protected the Weaker The oldest olde t Greek statute now extant ex tant governing the disposition of ol I real property conies comes from frum the island Is is- Island land of ol Crete rete This Is the low law of ol the city ol or Gort nn da dating t I ng train from rom 11 perhaps p B B. C. C IOU This Inscription the largest larg est existing fragment of ol any Greek law came cume to light tight less than thon fifty years year ago ngu for the stones on which It was was- chiseled had been burled buried for tor 2001 years rears or more and Its discovery ery made maden madea a n sens sensation In the learned world It II was WitS about thirty feet feel lung long lon In lit Its original Inn inal I form Corm the broken pieces are now scattered In severn several se I museums These laws s show that more Inure than 2000 years ngo ago women In this city could own o property Moreover the law provided pro that n a husband could nut not sell or mortgage his wife's vUe's property prop prop- erty nor not cO could n son Ion dispose of his mothers mother's mot hers her's property II Ir a 0 mother mot her dies lies says this ancient Stilt statute ute on property and leaves leads children the father has hils power over her property but bui he cannot cannot can cnn not sell II it or mortgage mort It II unless the children consent when hn they come of age Moreover r If the father her marries another woman utter after the first wife's death leath the children of the first wife shall have ha power over O their mothers mother's property r Penalties are provided for Cor forthe Corthe forthe the violation of un any of ot these pro visions |