3. "a (nobleman breaks another (noble) man's bone, his bone shall be broken "If a (nobleman breaks a slave's bone, he shall pay one-half of its value."

The answer is below

Explanation:

This is an excerpt from the Code of Hammurabi which was made in 1754. This excerpt is trying to depict the existence of social inequalities in Babylonian society during that period.

According to various historians, the code was by the sixth Babylonian King Hammurabi.

It is one of the earliest laws or code of conduct in the history of human civilization.

b) that he was not a free man

`stare decisis is a legal doctrine that obligates courts to follow historical cases when making a ruling on a similar current or future case. stare decisis ensures that cases with identical facts be approached in the same way, unless overruled by the same court or a higher court such as the us supreme court. simply put, it binds courts to follow legal precedents set by previous decisions.

stare decisis is a latin term meaning "to stand by that which is decided".