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The Minor Law Books (SBE33)

88 entries · 6 sections

by Julius Jolly

Start ReadingPage IndexContentsIntroduction to NâradaAbbreviations

Nârada

The Author's Preface

Introduction

I. Legal ProcedureII. The PlaintIII. Courts of Justice

First Title: The Law of Debt

1. Payment of a Debt2. Valid and Invalid Transactions3. Property4. Means of Livelihood for a Brahman in Times of Distress5. Modes of Proof6. Lending Money at Interest7. Usurers8. Sureties9. Pledges10. Documents11. Witnesses12. Incompetent Witnesses13. Six Cases Where Witnesses are Unnecessary14. False Witnesses15. Exhorting the Witnesses16. Valid Evidence17. Invalid Evidence18. What Has to be Done in Default of Both Witnesses And Documents19. Proof by Ordeal20. The Ordeal by Balance21. The Ordeal by Fire22. The Ordeal by Water23. The Ordeal by Poison24. The Ordeal by Sacred Libation25. The Rice Ordeal26. The Ordeal of the Hot Piece of GoldSecond Title of Law. DepositsThird Title of Law. PartnershipFourth Title of Law. Resumption of GiftFifth Title of Law. Breach of a Contract of ServiceSixth Title of Law. Non-Payment of WagesSeventh Title of Law. Sales Effected by Another Than the Rightful OwnerEighth Title of Law. Non-Delivery of a Sold ChattelNinth Title of Law. Rescission of PurchaseTenth Title of Law. Transgression of a CompactEleventh Title of Law. Boundary DisputesTwelfth Title of Law. The Mutual Duties of Husband and WifeThirteenth Title of Law. The Law of InheritanceFourteenth Title of Law. Heinous OffencesFifteenth and Sixteenth Titles of Law. Abuse and AssaultSeventeenth Title of Law. GamesEighteenth Title of Law. MiscellaneousAppendix: Theft

Quotations from Nârada

I. Judicial ProcedureII. The PlaintIII. The AnswerIV. Writings and PossessionV. WitnessesVI. OrdealsVII. Miscellaneous Laws

Fragments of Brihaspati

IntroductionI. Constitution of a Court of JusticeII. General Rules of ProcedureIII. The PlaintIV. The AnswerV. The TrialVI. The JudgmentVII. WitnessesVIII. DocumentsIX. PossessionX. OrdealsXI. The Law of DebtXII. DepositsXIII. Sale Without OwnershipXIV. Concerns of a PartnershipXV. Resumption of GiftsXVI. Master and ServantXVII. Violation of AgreementsXVIII. Rescission of Purchase and SaleXIX. Boundary DisputesXX. DefamationXXI. AssaultXXII. Robbery and ViolenceXXIII. AdulteryXXIV. Duties of Man and WifeXXV. The Law of InheritanceXXVI. Gambling and BettingXXVII. Miscellaneous (Prakîrnaka)Addenda