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Read the excerpt from Hammurabi's Code, then answer the question.
"If any one lose an article, and find it in the possession of another if the person in whose possession the thing is
found say "A merchant sold it to me, I paid for it before witnesses, and if the owner of the thing say, "I will bring
witnesses who know my property," then shall the purchaser bring the merchant who sold it to him and the
witnesses before whom he bought it, and the owner shall bring witnesses who can identify his property. The judge
shall examine their testimony--both of the witnesses before whom the price was paid, and of the witnesses who
identify the lost article on oath. The merchant is then proved to be a thief and shall be put to death. The owner of the
lost article receives his property, and he who bought it receives the money he paid from the estate of the merchant."
-"Hammurabi's Code"
What legal idea is contained in this edict from Hammurabi's Code?
limits on powers of a judge
protection against unlawful search
O protection from excessive punishment
right to present evidence
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