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…showed last 75 words of 419 total…truth. The way you can tell that marriage was important was because most of the laws pertained to it. These laws seem very harsh, but justice was shown in these laws. A trial was held if you were accused of a crime that was punishable by death. If a husband wanted a divorce from his wife he was required to pay money back to her, which is something that is common in everyday life today.