Early Greece Tort Laws

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Tort Laws

A tort occurs when someone does harm to you or to your property

Murder was a tort law, and the punishment was exile as set by Draco.

Under Solon's laws, fine for rape was 100 drachmas, and the penalty for theft depended on the amount stolen. Other offenses and penalties were things like the offense of a dog bite, the penalty for which was to surrender the dog wearing a three-cubit-long wooden collar. Solon even made laws to serve as guidelines for the spacing and placement of houses, walls, ditches, wells, beehives, and certain types of trees.

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