OVERVIEW

The facsimile has 61 pages, including a 2-page introduction and 59 pages of text, of which one-third of page 1 is a statement we would now call a claim to due process of law, and the last 4½ pages are oaths. There are 54 lines per page. On page 1 there are 50 lines, and on page 55, there are 29. Each heading is given one line, and there are 122 headings. Thus, 53 pages at 54 lines each, plus 36, plus 29, less the 122 lines for headings, suggests that the code has about 2,820 lines. Certain of the entries have prefatory language, which is not discounted. Blank lines in a single entry are rare but are counted here.

The taxonomy here is quite rough. Headings are grouped into eleven categories, which were framed in order to present them in rough analogy to modern American categories of law. In attempting to place each heading into a single summary category, preference was given to views of the legal relationship of such headings that would be meaningful to a modern lawyer. The categories created are Commonwealth, Rights of the Person, Law of the Person, Religion, Crime, Court Procedures, Officials, Obligation & Oaths (not counting oath texts), Property, Debts & Collection, Commerce, Licenses, and Taxes, and Natural Resources.