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it between the son and the daughter (of the master), in such a manner, that the son receives twice as much as the daughter; and what then remains (from the heritage of the slave) is for the son alone, exclusive of the daughter; for the moiety of the heritage of the slave descends to the daughter of the slave, and the other moiety, according to the law of succession, to the son of the master, and there is nothing for the daughter (of the master).

It is the same, if a man on his deatlı-bed emancipates a slave, besides whom he has no capital, and then the slave dies before his master.

If a man in his illness emancipates a slave, besides whom he possesses nothing, then that slave must ransom himself by two-thirds of his price. If the master has anticipated these two-thirds of his price and has spent them, then, upon the death of the master, the slave must pay two-thirds of what he retains.^[1] But if the master has anticipated from him his whole price and spent it, then there is no claim against the slave, since he has already paid his entire price.

“Suppose that a man on his death-bed emancipates a slave, whose price is three hundred dirhems, not having any property besides; then the slave dies, leaving three hundred dirhems and a daughter.” The

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1. The slave retains one-third of his price; and this he must redeem at two-thirds of its value; namely at ${\tfrac {2}{3}}\times {\tfrac {1}{3}}={\tfrac {2}{9}}$ of his original price.