slave discipline by others

Any Any free man may discipline an insolent or errant slave," I said, "even one who is the least bit displeasing, even one he might merely feel like disciplining. If she is killed, or injured, he need only pay compensation to her master, and that only if the master can be located within a specific amount of time and requests such compensation." In virtue of such customs and statutes the perfect discipline under which Gorean slaves are kept is maintained and guaranteed even when they are not within the direct purview of their masters or their appointed agents....
---Players of Gor, 12:235


"The discipline of a slave," I said, "may be attended to by any free person, otherwise she might do much what she wished, provided only her Master did not learn of it." The legal principle was clear, and has been upheld in several courts, in several cities, including Ar.
---Magicians of Gor, 8:122


"She is a slave,' I said. 'Anything could be done with her.'
'By her master,' he said. 'Not just anyone.'
'True,' I said. One did not have the right, for example, to kill or maim the slave of another, any more than any other domestic animal which might belong to someone else. In this sense the slave is accorded some protection from free persons who do not own her in virtue of certain general considerations of property law. The power of the master over the slave, on the other hand, is absolute. He can do whatever he wishes with her. She belongs to him, completely."
(MAGICIANS OF GOR, Pg. 330