Slave Laws
SLAVES - GENERAL LAWS
(In Accordance with the City Laws)
Collaring and Submission in Treve
'Step before me naked,' said Rask of Treve. We faced one another, not speaking, he with his blade, and in his leather. I with nothing, stripped at his command. 'Submit,' he said. I fell to my knees before him, resting back on my heels, extending my arms to him, wrists crossed, as though for binding, my head lowered, between my arms. I spoke in a clear voice. 'I, Miss Elinor Brinton, of New York City, to the Warrior, Rask, of the High City of Treve, herewith submit myself as a slave girl. At his hands I accept my life and my name, declaring myself his to do with as he pleases.'
Slave refers to any person owned by another person. Owner refers to a person who owns a slave.
"Own" and "Ownership" mean the right to possess and control a slave under these laws or the laws of a city recognized by the City of Treve.
1) A slave is the property of their Owner and may be used, disposed of, or destroyed as the Owner sees fit.
2) No owner shall negligently allow his slave to be outside the owner's residence without a collar, which shall include a statement of ownership in her whois.
3) An uncollared slave entering Treve seeking a collar will be given a city collar. All slaves collared within the lands of Treve belong to the city first and will be branded as such. The kennels will own the said slave and will remain the property of the city until Basic Training is complete before being offered back to her original captor, regardless of their previous skill level.
4) A runaway slave shall be held by the city. If the Owner does not lay claim within seven days, the slave becomes the property of the City.
5) An Owner who fails to make irc contact with his slave for a period in excess of 14 days shall be deemed to have abandoned them, and ownership of them shall automatically be conveyed to their Protector, the Owner's Free Companion, or the City, in that order. Likewise a slave who has not made irc contact with their Owner for a period in excess of 14 days will be considered a runaway and hunted as such.
The freeing of a slave must be witnessed by at least one other Free Person. For a period of one hour after attaining freedom, the newly freed person shall be immune from forced collaring based on needing to convert whois, idenity
6) No slave shall purposely or negligently strike a Free Person, except as described by the Fighting Slave Permit. Violation of this law is punishable by death.
7) No slave shall shall purposely or negligently bear or touch arms except at the direct instruction of their Owner and in the Owner's presence. It is an affirmative defense under this section that the slave is a Fighting Slave bearing arms at the direction of a Captain for contest purposes. However male fighting slaves must be properly documented to be able to wear or use weapons outside of the arena, they must also be accompanied by their owner or employer. Those not properly documented are subject to punishment up to and including death if the actions of the slave so warrants. Documented male fighting slaves may use the arena only if they are accompanied by their owner, protector, employer, the city lanista, or special consideration has been granted.
8) No person other than their owner shall purposely have sexual contact with a public or private white-silk slave.
9) The owner of a slave is liable: for damages resulting from his slave's actions; criminally for his slave's actions to the same extent as the slave, provided It shall be an affirmative defense to liability under this section that the owner took all reasonable measures to prevent the slave's action.
10) No person shall purposely interrupt a slave in the performance of any task assigned to them by their Owner.
11) No person shall purposely violate an Owner's restriction on their slave. Additionally, the perpetrator may be ordered to pay damages to the owner.
12) A Free Person may punish any slave at any time, for any reason, but shall be liable in damages to the owner for services lost as a result of harm to the slave.
13) There are 2 silk levels used in the City of Treve to help denote slave training and experience: white silks, and red silks (restricted and unrestricted).
14) Slaves are expected to ask permission to leave if any Free person is around. Exceptions would be if the Free do not answer after two requests are made, or a Free has already dismissed the slave.
15) Slaves are not required to speak in third person. If you wish to, that is fine, but it is not a forced issue, if a privately owned slave, it is up to your owner how you refer to yourself.
16) Slaves shall kneel in whatever manner they are told to by the Free. Except whitesilks.. they will always remain in tower.
17) While city slaves are required to attend classes, privately owned slaves may also attend any and all city classes free of charge.
