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"praetor"

Book 11. (7 results) Slave Girl of Gor

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20 7 I passed the throne of the wharf praetor, he in his robes, with the two scribes, for the settling of disputes which might occur on the quays.
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20 13 The praetor was a sour fellow.
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24 97 "And it is a civic matter, and you have been authorized to apprehend her and bring her before a slave praetor?" Slaves, as animals, lack standing before the law.
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24 105 In some cities, however, there is a slave praetor, who will make inquiries where the doings of slaves may be involved, and will be in charge of resolving squabbles, for example, in the market, assigning punishments for offenses, and so on, functions commonly thought beneath the attenti...
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24 106 Any free citizen may remand a slave to the attention of the slave praetor.
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24 108 Sometimes a girl, who may have been spoiled by an indulgent master, does not find the slave praetor so forgiving or tolerant.
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24 109 We fear the slave praetor and do not care to go before him.
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Book 12. (1 results) Beasts of Gor

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3 156 I decided it would be best to search for a merchant who was on the fair's staff, or find one of their booths or praetor stations, where such information might be found.
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Book 13. (94 results) Explorers of Gor

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4 4 We stood in the vicinity of the high desk of the wharf praetor.
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4 13 "I have been robbed! What are you doing about this?" "Be patient," said the wharf praetor.
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4 16 The praetor handed a sheet of paper to one of his guardsmen.
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4 41 "Return the girl to the praetor's station on this pier," said the guardsman.
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4 43 "You are not the first," said the praetor, looking down at him from the high desk.
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4 52 "We shall send two guardsmen to investigate," said the praetor.
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4 56 The praetor dispatched a pair of guardsmen, who moved swiftly toward the Rim canal.
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4 102 There seemed to be something going on now at the post of the wharf praetor, so I returned to that area.
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4 104 She stood before the high desk of the praetor, her wrists tied behind her back.
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4 122 "What do you have in your mouth, Girl?" asked the praetor.
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4 126 The praetor placed the coin on his desk, the surface of which was some seven feet high, below the low, solid wooden bar.
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4 127 The height of the praetor's desk, he on the high stool behind it, permits him to see a goodly way up and down the wharves.
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4 128 Also, of course, one standing before the desk must look up to see the praetor, which, psychologically, tends to induce a feeling of fear for the power of the law.
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4 129 The wooden bar before the desk's front edge makes it impossible to see what evidence or papers the praetor has at his disposal as he considers your case.
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4 134 "She is the one who cooperated in the attack upon you?" asked the praetor, indicating the bound girl.
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4 137 "I have never seen him before in my life!" "I see," said the praetor.
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4 140 "How did you come to be helpless and tied beside the canal?" inquired the praetor.
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4 145 "I am a free woman!" "Examine the pouch of the man," said the praetor.
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4 150 "It seems that the fellow who robbed you," smiled the praetor, "neglected to take your pouch".
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4 153 "He also left you a tarsk bit," said the praetor, to the girl.
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4 168 "Unbind me," said he then to the praetor.
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4 173 "It is obvious," he said, to the praetor, "that this she-urt, whoever she is, wishes to implicate me in her guilt, that it will go easier on her".
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4 174 "I assure you," smiled the praetor, "it will not go easier on her".
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4 178 "If you should attempt to do that again, my dear," said the praetor, "your ankles will be tied, and you will hear the rest of the proceedings while lying on your belly before the tribunal".
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4 180 "What is your name?" asked the praetor of the girl.
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4 186 "Usually," smiled the praetor, "a free woman wears more than binding fiber and a neck strap".
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4 189 "Who took it," asked the praetor, "a casual male, curious to see your body?" "A girl took it," she cried, angrily, "a blond girl.
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4 196 The praetor turned to two guardsmen.
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4 200 I thought the praetor's conjecture was a sound one.
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4 204 "You will receive it, Lady Sasi," said the praetor.
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4 208 The praetor then addressed himself to the fellow who had the dried blood caked behind his left ear.
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4 210 "Is this female, identified as the Lady Sasi, she who detained you, when you were attacked?" asked the praetor.
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4 216 "Why did you not warn him of the man's approach behind him?" asked the praetor.
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4 218 "But you said you didn't know he was going to strike him," said the praetor.
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4 231 The guardsman lifted the coin to the praetor.
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4 232 "It is so," said the praetor.
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4 242 "You have both been caught," said the praetor, beginning to fill out some papers.
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4 245 "How do you refer to yourself?" asked the praetor.
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4 247 The praetor entered that name in the papers.
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4 254 "It does not appear that you were struck from behind," smiled the praetor.
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4 256 "Is the binding fiber on their wrists from their original bonds, as you found them?" asked the praetor of one of the guardsmen.
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4 258 "Examine the knots," said the praetor.
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4 260 "You made a poor choice of one to detain, my friends," said the praetor.
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4 263 They now stood bound before the praetor.
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4 264 "Turgus, of Port Kar," said the praetor, "in virtue of what we have here today established, and in virtue of the general warrant outstanding upon you, you are sentenced to banishment.
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4 273 The girl looked up at the praetor.
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4 279 "The Lady Sasi, of Port Kar," said the praetor, "in virtue of what we have here today established, and in virtue of the general warrant outstanding upon her, must come under sentence".
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4 283 "Sentence me only to a penal brothel!" "The penal brothel is too good for you," said the praetor.
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4 291 "Were you given permission to speak?" asked the praetor.
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4 294 "Let her be taken to the nearest metal shop and branded," said the praetor.
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4 297 The girl looked up at the praetor.
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4 299 "This tarsk bit," said the praetor, lifting the coin which had been taken from her mouth earlier, "is now confiscated, and becomes the property of the port".
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4 314 The praetor was now conversing with the fellow, Bem Shandar, from Tabor.
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4 325 I went to a guardsman, near the praetor station.
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4 356 She would presumably then be tied and taken to the praetor.
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4 536 "Follow me, if you will, to the praetor station, where this fact may be made clear to you".
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4 545 "Are we going to the praetor station?" asked one of the girls, uneasily.
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4 547 "I do not want to go to the praetor station," said one of the girls.
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4 556 * * * * "Are her thighs marked?" asked the praetor.
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4 559 The girl stood, her hands bound behind her, in the brief rag of the she-urt, before the tribunal of the praetor.
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4 561 "Is this your slave?" asked the praetor of Ulafi of Schendi.
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4 563 "How do I know she is a slave?" asked the praetor.
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4 568 "Is Bejar present?" asked the praetor.
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4 573 The praetor nodded.
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4 577 The praetor looked down at the girl.
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4 583 The praetor made a small sign to one of the guardsmen.
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4 589 He handed them to the praetor.
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4 592 The praetor examined the papers.
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4 595 "Does anyone know if this is Ulafi's slave?" asked the praetor.
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4 599 "She should have been marked," said the praetor.
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4 607 "I am sorry," said the praetor.
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4 608 "Has not Vart been sent for," asked Ulafi, "to confirm my words?" "He has been sent for," said the praetor.
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4 613 "I am afraid we must release this woman," said the praetor, looking down at the girl.
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4 616 "That is not appropriate," said the praetor, "if she is free".
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4 619 "No," said the praetor.
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4 620 The praetor looked at the girl.
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4 626 "Do you know this girl?" asked the praetor of Vart.
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4 631 The praetor nodded to a guardsman.
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4 637 "The slave is awarded to Ulafi of Schendi," ruled the praetor.
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4 639 "My thanks, praetor," said Ulafi, receiving back the slave papers from the magistrate.
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4 643 Then the she-urts who had accompanied me to the station of the praetor, kicking and striking with their ropes, fell upon the bound slave.
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4 646 "Get back!" called the praetor, angrily, to them.
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4 652 "Captain Ulafi," said the praetor.
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4 653 "Yes, praetor," said Ulafi.
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4 655 "Yes, praetor," said Ulafi.
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4 689 Ulafi pointed to the high desk of the praetor.
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4 692 The girl had lied before the desk of the praetor.
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4 694 She twisted her head upward, toward the praetor's desk.
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4 775 She had lied at the praetor's desk.
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5 266 I had seen him, too, later, in the vicinity of the desk of the wharf praetor.
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5 277 "We did not wish to annoy the praetor," said Ulafi.
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5 294 "When the assailants were brought to the praetor's desk, too," said he, "it was seen that their wrists had been bound with capture knots".
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6 604 Two men from the desk of the nearest wharf praetor, he handling wharves six through ten, a scribe and a physician, boarded the ship.
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6 712 Too, surely she could remember the feel of the scimitar of discipline on her ankles at Port Kar, at the desk of the wharf praetor.
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Book 15. (1 results) Rogue of Gor

Chapter # Sentence # Quote Confidence
17 31 For a woman, remanded to a praetor, the penalty is commonly that she herself will then wear the collar".
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Book 19. (1 results) Kajira of Gor

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30 165 Once or twice a year, particularly when there are complaints, or they are becoming nuisances, many of them will be rounded up and taken before a praetor.
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Book 20. (1 results) Players of Gor

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6 560 "Perhaps we could get a ruling on the matter from a praetor," suggested Boots.
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Book 21. (2 results) Mercenaries of Gor

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19 213 Although I had no proof of the sort which might convince a praetor I was confident that it was Ephialtes of Torcadino who had stolen the letters.
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25 1812 Accordingly, her own period of unconsciousness, given this possibility, might possibly last several Ahn, more than enough time to be carried to a cell in a praetor's holding area.
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Book 22. (8 results) Dancer of Gor

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17 305 "Are you a magistrate, or a praetor's agent?" inquired my master, narrowly.
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17 328 "Still," said the man, "it might be of some interest to a praetor to hear you protest your innocence in the matter.
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20 226 For example, if a fellow has been sentenced, say, to two years of hard labor by a praetor, he might be turned over, for a small fee, to the master of a work gang who will see to it, theoretically, that he performs these two years of hard labor.
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24 343 Some may have been as innocent as those I had lured, and might have been lured by other girls, such as I, and others might have been murderers and brigands, suitably enchained for the expiation of sentences, their custody having been legally transferred to Ionicus, my master, at the payment of a pri...
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26 106 "It is an average praetor's price," he said.
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27 144 Could she believe what she had done, and said? How she had begged and squirmed, and acted not at all like a free woman, but like a slave? How she had behaved in his arms? How could she, a free woman, have acted like that? But perhaps she was not truly, ultimately, a free woman, as she had hitherto s...
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27 149 Would they not simply take off her clothes and punish her, and then hand her over to a praetor, for her proper disposition? Too, what could such a pretense gain her but the closing of doors on the truth of her being? But even if these things were not true, as she feared they were, she ...
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27 178 What sort of inquiries had he had in mind, and to whom did they pertain? Did they pertain to him? Did they pertain to me? Or perhaps he feared that they might pertain to me? Was that why he had sold me, rather abruptly, as it seemed, now that I thought of it? And who was making such inquiries? I tho...
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Book 23. (1 results) Renegades of Gor

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16 391 She might turn herself over to a praetor, hoping for mercy, as she had surrendered herself.
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Book 24. (2 results) Vagabonds of Gor

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46 234 There one of Ina's pursuers, I recognized him from earlier, was making inquiries of one of the five camp prefects, fellows under the camp praetor.
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46 235 The prefects are identified by five slash marks, alternately blue and yellow, the slavers' colors, on their left sleeve, the praetor himself by nine such stripes, and lesser officials by three.
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Book 26. (36 results) Witness of Gor

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28 47 "The court of the commercial praetor of the high city of Treve," said the praetor's officer, "accepts the prisoner as the Lady Constanzia of Besnit".
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29 32 I did not doubt but what one set was papers of the court, stamped with the sign of the court, and certified with the signature of a praetor's officer, if not the praetor himself.
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26 27 "The agreed-upon amounts have been lodged with the business council, the entire matter attested to by the commercial praetor.
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28 4 He was, as I understood it, an officer in the business court, that under the jurisdiction of the commercial praetor, subject, ultimately, to the high council.
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28 7 A broad, scarlet marble circle was before the high desk of the praetor's officer, and the Lady Constanzia was conducted to its center, the guards then withdrawing, moving back, several feet, leaving her there, alone, on the circle.
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28 24 To the left of the praetor's officer, to our right, as we faced him, below him, on the floor level, on a bench, behind a table, was a court's clerk.
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28 25 "You are the Lady Constanzia, of the city of Besnit?" inquired the praetor's officer.
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28 27 "You have been the object of a ransom capture," said the praetor's officer.
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28 33 "Have the agents of the redemptor accepted her as the Lady Constanzia?" inquired the praetor's officer.
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28 40 The praetor's officer nodded to the clerk and he carried the slipper to the Lady Constanzia, who took it in her hands, and looked upon it.
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28 41 "Do you recognize it?" asked the praetor's officer.
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28 44 "It matches with that brought by the agent of the redemptor?" asked the praetor's officer.
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28 49 "You are now within the custody of the court of the commercial praetor of Treve," said the officer.
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28 51 "There is also the matter of a necklace," said the praetor's officer.
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28 54 "Do you recognize the necklace?" asked the praetor's officer.
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28 73 "Destroy the necklace," said the praetor's officer to the clerk.
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28 75 "It is paste," said the praetor's officer.
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28 78 "Such things are seldom used in ransom captures," said the praetor's officer.
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28 83 "The joke," said the praetor's officer, "was richer than you understood".
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28 85 "Do you know the identity of your redemptor?" asked the praetor's officer.
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28 91 "The gold was fairly purchased at competitive prices," said the praetor's officer.
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28 106 "Do you know now," asked the praetor's officer, "who your redemptor is?" "Surely," she said.
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28 110 "It was naturally intended that your brothers, your own house, should be your redemptor," said the praetor's officer.
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28 113 "Surely you were aware of delays in the matter of your ransom," said the praetor's officer.
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28 115 "Your brothers refused to pay," said the praetor's officer.
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28 125 "An oath, it seems, was sworn," said the praetor's officer.
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28 130 "Do you not wish to leap up, and try to escape?" asked the praetor's officer.
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28 134 "I can guarantee it," said the praetor's officer.
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29 1 I knelt to one side, and back, in shadows, inconspicuously by the wall, in the circular chamber of the court of the commercial praetor.
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29 7 There was no need, now, for the presence of the praetor's officer.
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29 28 He spread these upon the table, that which was, as we were situated, to the right of the currently unoccupied desk of the praetor's officer.
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29 86 He would also be, as I recalled, from the words of the praetor's officer this morning, the youngest and least of that house.
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29 112 My knees were slightly spread, enough to show that I was a pleasure slave, but were closely enough placed to accord with the decorum of the praetor's court.
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29 973 I then, at a sign from the pit master, brought the free woman forward and, shortly thereafter, she flanked by the guards, I holding her leash, the pit master leading, we left the court of the commercial praetor.
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37 391 That must be the Lady Ilene, whom I had met in the chamber of the commercial praetor, kept now, I knew, pending the arrival of her ransom, in the tiny cage suspended over the urt pool, that cage which had been for some time the residence of the Lady Constanzia, that cage which could be...
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38 207 It was he who had so initially terrified her in the chamber of the commercial praetor, who had placed his hands upon her hips and looked down upon her, who had reached within her hood to turn her face to his, who had dared to threaten the integrity of her veil, who had brushed up the h...
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Book 27. (1 results) Prize of Gor

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27 1851 "It is not impossible that a praetor may speak for her, even a stratigos or a polemarkos".
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Book 28. (2 results) Kur of Gor

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21 353 An additional bar was handed to one of the challengers, by an arena praetor, or officer.
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21 519 A praetor now approached the seventh challenger, and placed in his huge paws a gigantic ax, some ten feet in length, and double-bladed at each end, an ax which, in the grip of one such as he, one of such strength, might have decapitated a larl, and perhaps even, with three or four blow...
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Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor

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13 180 "But, now, you might rather be brought before a praetor, for the iron and the collar".
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Book 30. (1 results) Mariners of Gor

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36 177 In a couple of places on a platform, there was a harbor praetor, now indoors, in the warehouse, on his curule chair, as opposed to on the docks themselves, their usual station, who might clarify the Merchant Law, interpret it, adjudicate disputes, and make rulings.
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Book 31. (12 results) Conspirators of Gor

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8 1016 It seemed probable to me that this matter had been arranged, perhaps even with the collusion of a praetor, if not the Ubar himself.
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9 147 This one, however, was simply disrobed, bound hand and foot, and put in a wagon, for delivery to a market praetor, who would see to her return to her master, or, that failing, to her lashing, fugitive branding, and resale.
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11 141 "Too, some thieves, some well known, in broad daylight, even within view of the praetor's platform, pushing aside a grating, rushed from a sewer, to be shortly apprehended by rings of spear-bearing guardsmen.
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14 34 "Do you know the praetor's platform, by the coin stalls?" asked the beast.
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15 17 Why had I done that? I knew what I was to do, elude guardsmen, and go to the market of Cestias, near the praetor's platform near the coin stalls.
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15 23 Why was I obeying the beast? Why was I moving, as I could, toward the market of Cestias? Would it not have been better to flee anywhere else? Why would he want me there, rather than somewhere else? Was it in the market, near the praetor's platform that he wished to apprehend me? Was I ...
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15 118 I then began, again, my progress, bit by bit, toward the praetor's platform, and the empty coin stalls.
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15 119 I remembered that, days ago, some thieves, fleeing, had emerged from a sewer in the vicinity of the praetor's platform, and had been apprehended by guardsmen.
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15 122 At last, to my relief, I came to the coin stall nearest the praetor's platform.
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15 135 Was I to stay here all night? I then became afraid, even though it was the middle of the night, that I might be apprehended in the market, in the morning, when guardsmen, at the praetor's signal, opened the market to the stallsmen, merchants, and dealers.
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15 221 Then there had been word of the seemingly rash flight of the thieves, seemingly so inexplicable, emerging in daylight in the market of Cestias, in the vicinity of the very platform of a praetor, with guardsmen aplenty about, amongst the vendors and stalls.
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15 359 Shortly after dawn the lantern on its pole at the edge of the market of Cestias would be extinguished, and, a bit later, the market pennon would be hoisted to the height of the pole, above the lantern arm, after which, at the praetor's signal, guardsmen would open the market.
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Book 34. (2 results) Plunder of Gor

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69 18 Such agreements are put in writing, of course, before a praetor's man.
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69 148 "We can see a praetor tomorrow.
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