償ひの道、あるいはハンムラビの法典 Codex Hammurabi

主の掟、あるいは償ひの道 The Code of Laws

106 - 107. 受領拒否の賠償

106. 行商人が問屋からお金を受け取りながら、問屋と諍（いさか）ひ有った（受領を拒否した）なら。問屋は天地神明及び証人を前に誓ふべし、証人とはこのお金を行商人に与へしことの目撃者なり、されば行商人は額面の3倍を償（つぐな）ふべし。

If the agent accept money from the merchant, but have a quarrel with the merchant (denying the receipt), then shall the merchant swear before God and witnesses that he has given this money to the agent, and the agent shall pay him three times the sum.

107. 問屋の行商人を欺（あざむ）きし折、後者与へられし一切を返却するも、問屋返却品の受領を拒めるなら。この行商人は天地神明及び判事を前に、問屋が罪を立証すべし、かくして問屋なお受け取り拒否するならば、行商人に額面の6倍を償ふべし。

If the merchant cheat the agent, in that as the latter has returned to him all that had been given him, but the merchant denies the receipt of what had been returned to him, then shall this agent convict the merchant before God and the judges, and if he still deny receiving what the agent had given him shall pay six times the sum to the agent.