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seven-ninths of thing; and this sum is twice as much as the legacy of the slave, which was thing; or, it is equal to two things. Reduce this, by removing the seven-ninths of thing, and adding them to two things; there remain three hundred, equal to two things and seven-ninths. One thing is as much as nine twenty-fifths of eight hundred, which is one hundred and eight; and so much is the legacy to the slave.
If, on his sick-bed, he emancipates two slaves, besides whom he has no property, the price of each of them being three hundred dirhems; the master having anticipated and spent two-thirds of the price of one of them before he dies;[1] then only one-third of the price
- ↑ Were there the first slave only, who has paid off two-thirds of his original cost, the master having spent the money, that slave would have to complete his ransom by paying two-ninths of his original cost, that is (see page 141).
Were there the second slave only, who has paid off none of his original cost, he would have to ransom himself at two-thirds of his cost; that is by paying (see also page 141).
The master’s heirs, in the case described in the text, are entitled to receive the same amount from the two slaves jointly, viz. , as they would be entitled to receive, according to the rule of page 141, from the two slaves, separately; but the payment of the sum is differently distributed; the slave who has paid two-thirds of his ransom being required to pay one-ninth only of his original cost; and the slave who has paid no ransom, being required to pay two-thirds of his own cost, and one-ninth of the cost of the first slave.
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