If a person is convicted of a crime and sentenced into slavery, Senate declares that their household be dealt with as follows:

If there was also financial penalty or damages due for the crime, this must be firstly paid out of the criminal's estate. If the criminal is a dependant, then their household is liable for this. If the household becomes insolvent through serving this financial penalty, then a normal insolvency case ensues against the household in entirety.

Secondly, if the criminal had mistresses who were not co-defendants in the crime, they must be given the option to dissolve the relationship, with the appropriate trusts instituted.

Thirdly, if the criminal had a wife who was not co-defendant in the crime, she must be given the option to sue for Divorce, with all the remaining estate assigned to her in trust lifelong. If the sentence being served is a lifelong slavery sentence, then divorce is mandatory for the wife. The fate of any remaining mistresses or children will be in the gift of the wife.

If the wife, having the choice, opts not to divorce, then the criminal's estate is taken into trust holding, to wait for the criminal to complete their sentence, at which time the household is re-united, and the remaining property returned to the householder.

© Tim Hart 2003
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