Vorloupulous's Law was a law enacted by Emperor Dorca the Just soon after he united the warring Counts of Barrayar under his own rule. It limited counts to a total armed following of 20 armsmen, and it denied non-Counts and non-heirs-to-countships the right to take an armsman's oath. Emperor Dorca did not accept his claim that this was not an army and he declared Vorloupulous to be in violation of the law. He sentenced Vorloupulous to the standard penalty for treason by a Vor - public exposure and death by starvation.