VI. Sacrilege, is committed by ſtealing from the temples any of the ſacred articles conſecreated to divine purpoſes, or by purloining any article in the immediate uſe of the Sovereign: ſimilar guilt is incurred by counterfeiting the imperial ſeal, by adminiſtering to the Sovereign improper medicines, or, in general, by the commiſſion of any error or negligence, whereby the ſafety of his ſacred perſon may be endangered.
VII. Impiety, is diſcoverable in every inſtance of diſreſpect or negligence towards thoſe to whom we owe our being, and by whom we have been educated and protected.—It is likewiſe committed by thoſe who inform againſt, or inſult, ſuch near relations while living, or who refuſe to mourn for their loſs, and to ſhew reſpect for their memory, when dead.
VIII. Discord, in families, is the breach of the legal or natural ties which are founded on our connexions by blood or marriage; under this head may be claſſed the crimes of killing, wounding, or maltreating any of thoſe relations or connexions to whom, when deceaſed, the ceremony of mourning is legally due[1].
IX. Inſubordination, is the riſing againſt, or murdering, a ſuperior magiſtrate by an inferior; or any inſurrection againſt the magiſtrates in general, by the people.
X. Inceſt, is the co-habitation, or promiſcuous intercourſe, or perſons related to any of the degrees within which marriage is prohibited[2].
