025_College lectures; Page 22

The oath of the accused was also
admitted in evidence. [All the
proceedings of the trial were set forth
in hieroglyphical paintings by
a clerk]

Laws were registered, and shown
to the people in their hieroglyphical
paintings. ([?] Relate to the security
of [?], rather than property)

The rites of marriage were [?]
with as much formality as in
every Christian country; and the
instituition was held in such reverence
that a tribunal was instituted for
the sole purpose of determining
questions relating to it. Divorces
could not be obtained until
authorized by a sentence of this
court after a patient hearing of
the parties