Reading section 17

Translator: Montriou, W. A. (William Austin); Röer, Edward

Hindu Law and Judicature from the Dharma-Sastra of Yajnavalkya. Translated by Montriou, W. A. (William Austin); Röer, Edward. This historical English edition is listed by Project Gutenberg as public domain in the USA. Read the source text, search passages, and explore it with the reading assistant.

Contents
  1. Reading section 1
  2. Reading section 2
  3. Reading section 3
  4. Reading section 4
  5. Reading section 5
  6. Reading section 6
  7. Reading section 7
  8. Reading section 8
  9. Reading section 9
  10. Reading section 10
  11. Reading section 11
  12. Reading section 12
  13. Reading section 13
  14. Reading section 14
  15. Reading section 15
  16. Reading section 16
  17. Reading section 17
  18. Reading section 18

| | | | | | _Karvata_, a sudder station, | 52 | 167 | 219 | | | _Kaya_ marriage, | 41 | ... | 150 | | | Killing, fine for, | 75 | 277 | ... | | | King's wife, punishment for adultery with, | 75 | 282 | ... | | | | | | L. | | | | | | Law, what it is, exemplified, | 3 | 6 | ... | | | " its root or evidence, | 3 | 7 | ... | | | " by whom to be declared, | 3 | 9 | ... | | | Limitation of suit, | 15 | 24,5 | ... | | | Loss on metals by action of fire, | 54 | 178 | ... | | | " or increase in weight, of wool, etc., | | | by working, | 55 | 179,80 | ... | | | " how to be made good by artisans, | 55 | 181 | ... | | | Lost property, as to finding of, | 18 | 33-35 | ... | | | " " how claimed, | 53 | 171 | ... | | | Lost property, clandestine recovery of, | | | punishable, | 53 | 172 | ... | | | " " when found by public officers | | | must be claimed, | 53 | 173 | ... | | | " " if animal, what impost | | | payable by owner, | 54 | 174 | ... | | | | | | M. | | | | | | Madmen do not inherit but to be maintained, | 46 | 140 | ... | | | _Mantras_, necessary to rites of twice-born, | 4 | 10 | ... | | | Marriage, differing forms of, | 41 | ... | 150 | |

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| Marriage-gift not subject to partition, | 38 | 118 | ... | | | Meat, tainted, punishment for selling, | 78 | 297 | ... | | | Miscellaneous offences, | 60 | 232-50 | ... | | | Monarch, his daily duties, | 5 | 326 | ... | | | " how he should deal with a newly | | | subjugated territory, | 5 | 342 | ... | | | " his duty to punish wrong-doers, | 5 |353,357,8 | ... | | | " to investigate law suits with the { | 6 | 359 | ... | | | judges, { | 9 | 1 | ... | | | " to set right those who err, | 6 | 360 | ... | | | " when should annul decisions, | 18 | 31 | ... | | | " to fix prices, receiving a twentieth,| 70 | 253-261 | ... | | | " his retribution for an unjust fine, | 80 | 307 | ... | | | Mother's share on partition among sons, | 40 | 123 | ... | | | _Munis_, what, two classes of, | 1 | ... | 1 | | | Murder, investigation into, | 75 | 280 | ... | | | " and theft, village &c. responsible | | | for, | 73 | 271,2 | ... | | | Murderers, violent, to be impaled, | 74 | 273 | ... | | | | | | N. | | | | | | _Nagara_, | 52 | 167 | 219 | | | _Nikshepa_ deposit, not to be used, | 26 | 67 | ... | | | | | | O. | | | | | | Ordeals, to be resorted to where proof | | | wanting, | 14 | 22 | ... | | | " used for

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exculpation when agreed on,| 34 | 95,6 | ... | | | _viz._, scales, hot iron, water, | | | poison, described, | 35 | 97-113 | ... | | | Orders or periods of life of the twice-born, | 1 | ... | 13 | | | | | | P. | | | | | | _Paisacha_ marriage, | 41 | ... | 150 | | | Partition, during father's lifetime, | 37 | 114-16 | ... | | | " after decease of parents, | 38 | 117-126 | ... | | | Partners for profit, rules for guidance of, | 72 | 265 | ... | | | Pasture-ground, village, how allotted, | 52 | 166 | ... | | | Payment of debt, how to be evidenced, | 33 | 93,4 | ... | | | Plaint, cause of action in, not to vary from | | | original statement, | 10 | 9 | ... | | | Plaintiff, how to proceed in a suit, | 10 | 5-8 | ... | | | Pleadings in a suit, | 10 | 6,7 | ... | | | Pledges, law of, | 24 | 58-67 | ... | | | _Prayaschitta_, _Introd._ | x | ... | ... | | | Prescription or usucapion, law of, | 15 | 24-28 | 25-34 | | | Prices, regulated by the sovereign, | 69 | 251 | ... | | | " process to determine, | 70 | 253 | ... | | | Priority, its importance in gifts, pledges | | | and sales, | 15 | 23 | ... | | | Procedure, the four steps in, | 10 | 5-8 | ... | | | Profits, how calculated, | 69 | 251,2 | ... | | | Prohibited articles, forfeited if sold, | 71 | 261 | ... | | | Proof, absence of, fatal to suit, | 14 | 19 | ...

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| | | " of part sometimes sufficient, | 14 | 20 | ... | | | " of three kinds, | 14 | 22 | ... | | | Property, how divided, | 38 | 117-126 | ... | | | " stolen, cannot pass by sale, | 52 | 168 | ... | | | " lost or stolen, how to be dealt | | | with, | 53 | 169 | ... | | | " lost, claim to, how supported, | 53 | 171 | ... | | | " of one dying in foreign country, | | | succession to, | 72 | 264 | ... | | | Punishment, a monarch's duty, | 5 | 353 | ... | | | " Brahma created in form of, | 5 | 353 | ... | | | " impartiality in, | 5 | 357 | ... | | | " how apportioned, | 8 | 366,7 | ... | | | Purchase, time allowed for trial of different| | | articles on, | 51 | 177 | ... | | | Purchaser cannot recede from his bargain, | 70 | 258 | ... | | | Purloiners and cut-purses how to be treated, | 74 | 274 | ... | | | _Puttrika-suta_, | 41 | ... | 151 | | | | | | | | | R. | | | | | | _Rakshasa_ marriage, | 41 | ... | 150 | | | Realm, why called seven-limbed, | 5 | 352 | ... | | | Receipt to be given for payments, | 33 | 93 | ... | | | Reunited sharers, as to partition among, | 45 | 138,9 | ... | | | Rites of the twice-born, | 4 | 10 | ... | | | Rituals of younger brothers and sisters | | | to be completed by the elder, | 40 | 124

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| ... | | | | | | S. | | | | | | _Sahasa_, | 65 | 230 | ... | | | Sale and purchase, rules as to, | 70 | 246-258 | ... | | | _Sastras_, _Dharma_, promulgators of, | | | _Introd._ | v & 2 | 4,5 | ... | | | Self-acquired property not divisible on | | | partition, | 38 | 118 | ... | | | Seller failing to deliver pays damage, | 70 | 254 | ... | | | " of lost or stolen property, | 53 | 169,70 | ... | | | Separation of a brother not desiring to share|, 37 | 116 | ... | | | Servant, inattentive, how master may treat, | 59 | 195 | ... | | | Sisters, rituals of, to be performed by | | | brothers, | 40 | 124 | ... | | | Slavery and servitude, analysis of, | 56 | ... | 239 | | | " when redemption from, a right, | 55 | 182 | ... | | | " to be in the order of casts, | 56 | 183 | ... | | | _Smriti_, | 3 | 7 | 9 | | | Sodomy | 77 | 293 | ... | | | Sons, description of the twelve, | 40 | 128-132 | ... | | | " the first in order to be heir, | 43 | 132 | ... | | | " of a slave-mother by a Sudra, | 43 | 133 | ... | | | " by mothers of different cast, how | | | to share, | 40 | 125 | ... | | | " lawfully begotten on another's wife, | 40 | 127 | ... | | | Special pleading, | 11 | 17 | 17 | | | _Sruti_, | 3 | 7 | 9

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| | | Stolen property, monarch to restore, | 19 | 36 | ... | | | _Stridhana_, definition of, | 46 | 143 | ... | | | | | | " succession to, | 38 | 117 | ... | | | " where no issue, | 47 | 145 | ... | | | " when may be appropriated by | | | husband, | 47 | 147 | ... | | | Subornation, | 31 | 81 | ... | | | Sudra, son of, on a slave, | 43 | 133 | ... | | | Sureties, by parties to a suit, | 11 | 10 | ... | | | " who may not be, | 23,67 | 52,239 | ... | | | " for what may be given, | 23 | 53 | ... | | | " when sons of, liable, | 23 | 54 | ... | | | " liabilities and reimbursement of, | 23 | 55,6 | ... | | | | | | T. | | | | | | Theft, when village governor &c. liable | | | if not traced, | 73 | 271,2 | ... | | | " punishment of, variations in, | 74 | 273-5 | ... | | | " accessory after, | 74 | 276 | ... | | | Thief, capture of, on suspicion, | 72 | 266-9 | ... | | | Threats of injury, | 62 | 208,9 | ... | | | Title and possession, | 17 | 27-29 | ... | | | Traders, | 68 | 244-262 | ... | | | Treasure found, how appropriated, | 19 | 34,5 | ... | | | " " concealment of, punishable, | 19 | 35 | ... | | | Twice-born man, may appropriate grass, fuel, | |

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| and flowers, | 52 | 166 | ... | | | " " why so called, | 4 | 39 | ... | | | | | | U. | | | | | | Untruth in testimony to save life, how | | | atoned for, | 31 | 83 | ... | | | _Upanidhi_, | 26 | 65 | ... | | | Usage, when argument founded on, of force, | 14 | 21 | ... | | | Use or hire of various things, what to be | | | given for, | 24 | 57 | ... | | | Uterine brothers, their preferable position, | 45 | 138,9 | ... | | | | | | V. | | | | | | Violent aggression or _Sahasa_, | 66 | 230 | ... | | | Violence on female slaves, | 77 | 291 | 277 | | | Virgin, abduction of, | 76 | 287 | ... | | | " ravishing, | 77 | 288 | ... | | | _Vyavahara_, _Introd._ | x | ... | ... | | | | | | W. | | | | | | Wager, collateral to suit, enforced, | 13 | 18 | ... | | | " at fighting games, rules as to, | 61 | 203 | ... | | | Well, digging of, encouraged, | 50 | 156 | ... | | | Weights, tables of, | 6,7 | 361-4 | 29 | | | " false declaration of, penalty for, | 71 | 262 | ... | | | Widow, whoever takes, must pay former | | | husband's debts, | 22 | 51 | ... | | | Wife's share, on partition by her husband | | | among his sons, if no

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