Lithuania annexed by Poland shortly before the Union of Lublin. These conflicts between statutory schemes in Lithuania and Poland persisted for many years. The third variant of the Statute had particularly many humane features, such as: double compensations for killing or hurting a woman; prohibition to enslave a free man for any crime; freedom of religion; and a recommendation to acquit the accused when there is a lack of evidence, instead of punishing the innocent. It was in force in the territory of Lithuania until 1840 when it was replaced by the Russian laws. Until then, many Russian peasants and even nobles (e.g., Andrey Kurbsky) were fleeing from despotism in the neighboring Tsardom of Russia to Lithuania. The Third Statute consisted of 14 chapters: Chapter 1. "O parsune nasshoj gospodarskoj" (On the status of Grand Duke of Grand Duchy of Lithuania). Chapter 2. "O oborone zemskoj" (On advocacy). Chapter 3. "O volnostyah shlyahetskih i o rozmnozhen'yu Velikogo Knyazstva Litovskogo" (On noble privileges and on the development of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania). Chapter 4. "O sud'yah i sudeh" (On the judges and courts of law). Chapter 5. "O oprave posagu i o vene" (On inheritance). Chapter 6. "O opekah" (On trustees) Chapter 7. "O zapiseh i prodazheh" (On the conduct of business and taxes). Chapter 8. "O testamentah"(On testaments). Chapter 9. "O podkomoryh v poveteh i o pravah zemlenyh o granicah i mezhah" (On the local government and land ownership). Chapter 10. "O puschu, o lovy, o derevo bortnoe, o ozera i senozhaty" (On the use of land resources: hunting, fishing, honey hunting, etc.). Chapter 11. "O kgvalteh, o boeh, o golovschinah shlyahetskih" (On violations, fights and punishments of Szlachta) Chapter 12. "O golovschineh i o navezkah lyudej prostyh i o takih lyudeh i chelyadi, kotoraya ot panov svoih othodit, takzhe o slugah prikaznyh" (On the rights and punishments of servants and non-aristocracy). Chapter 13. "O grabezhah i navezkah" (On theft and robberies). Chapter 14. "O zlodejstve vsyakogo stanu" (On various frauds and wrong doings). Implications and developments Copies of the statutes used to be kept in each powiat (district) so they could be used and seen by each person desiring to do so. Attempts by the Lithuanian nobility to limit the power of Lithuanian magnates led to the equalization of laws movement, culminating in the reforms of the election sejm of 1697 (May–June), confirmed in the coronation sejm of