The Minor Law Books (SBE33): 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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