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CONTENTS.

 

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INTRODUCTION TO NÂRADA

xi

ABBREVIATIONS

xxiii

NÂRADA

1

THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE

1

INTRODUCTION. I. Legal Procedure

5

                    II. The Plaint

14

                   III. Courts of Justice

36

FIRST TITLE OF LAW. The Law of Debt

41

   1. Payment of a Debt

41

   2. Valid and Invalid Transactions

49

   3. Property

52

   4. Means of Livelihood for a Brahman in Times of Distress

55

   5. Modes of Proof

58

   6. Lending Money at Interest

65

   7. Usurers

68

   8. Sureties

70

   9. Pledges

72

   10. Documents

75

   11. Witnesses

79

   12. Incompetent Witnesses

82

   13. Six Cases where Witnesses are unnecessary

85

   14. False Witnesses

86

   15. Exhorting the Witnesses

91

   16. Valid Evidence

95

   17. Invalid Evidence

96

   18. What has to be done in default of both Witnesses and Documents

96

   19. Proof by Ordeal

100

   20. The Ordeal by Balance

102

   21. The Ordeal by Fire

108

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   22. The Ordeal by Water

111

   23. The Ordeal by Poison

114

   24. The Ordeal by Sacred Libation

116

   25. The Rice Ordeal

118

   26. The Ordeal of the Hot Piece of Gold

119

SECOND TITLE OF LAW. Deposits

120

THIRD TITLE OF LAW. Partnership

124

FOURTH TITLE OF LAW. Resumption of Gift

128

FIFTH TITLE OF LAW. Breach of a Contract of Service

131

SIXTH TITLE OF LAW. Non-payment of Wages

139

SEVENTH TITLE OF LAW. Sales Effected by Another than the Rightful Owner

144

EIGHTH TITLE OF Law. Non-delivery of a Sold Chattel

146

NINTH TITLE OF LAW. Rescission of Purchase

149

TENTH TITLE OF LAW. Transgression of a Compact

153

ELEVENTH TITLE OF LAW. Boundary Disputes

155

TWELFTH TITLE OF LAW. The Mutual Duties of Husband and Wife

164

THIRTEENTH TITLE OF LAW. The Law of Inheritance

188

FOURTEENTH TITLE OF LAW. Heinous Offences

202

FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH TITLES OF LAW. Abuse and Assault

207

SEVENTEENTH TITLE OF LAW. Games

212

EIGHTEENTH TITLE OF LAW. Miscellaneous

214

APPENDIX. Theft

223

QUOTATIONS FROM NÂRADA

233

      I. Judicial Procedure

233

     II. The Plaint

235

    III. The Answer

239

    IV. Writings and Possession

242

     V. Witnesses

244

    VI. Ordeals

247

   VII. Miscellaneous Laws

263

INTRODUCTION TO THE FRAGMENTS OF BRIHASPATI

271

BRIHASPATI

277

      I. Constitution of a Court of Justice

277

     II. General Rules of Procedure

282

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    III. The Plaint

289

    IV. The Answer

292

     V. The Trial

294

    VI. The Judgment

297

   VII. The Witnesses

299

  VIII. Documents

304

    IX. Possession

309

     X. Ordeals

315

    XI. The Law of Debt

319

   XII. Deposits

332

  XIII. Sale without Ownership

334

  XIV. Concerns of a Partnership

336

   XV. Resumption of Gifts

341

  XVI. Master and Servant

343

 XVII. Violation of Agreements

346

XVIII. Rescission of Purchase and Sale

350

 XIX. Boundary Disputes

351

  XX. Defamation

355

 XXI. Assault

357

XXII. Robbery and Violence

359

XXIII. Adultery

365

 XXIV. Duties of Man and Wife

367

  XXV. The Law of Inheritance

369

 XXVI. Gambling and Betting

385

XXVII. Miscellaneous

386

ADDENDA

391

Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East

393


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