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The Minor Law Books (SBE33)

88 entries · 6 sections

by Julius Jolly

Start Reading Page Index Contents Introduction to Nârada Abbreviations

Nârada

The Author's Preface

Introduction

I. Legal Procedure II. The Plaint III. Courts of Justice

First Title: The Law of Debt

1. Payment of a Debt 2. Valid and Invalid Transactions 3. Property 4. Means of Livelihood for a Brahman in Times of Distress 5. Modes of Proof 6. Lending Money at Interest 7. Usurers 8. Sureties 9. Pledges 10. Documents 11. Witnesses 12. Incompetent Witnesses 13. Six Cases Where Witnesses are Unnecessary 14. False Witnesses 15. Exhorting the Witnesses 16. Valid Evidence 17. Invalid Evidence 18. What Has to be Done in Default of Both Witnesses And Documents 19. Proof by Ordeal 20. The Ordeal by Balance 21. The Ordeal by Fire 22. The Ordeal by Water 23. The Ordeal by Poison 24. The Ordeal by Sacred Libation 25. The Rice Ordeal 26. The Ordeal of the Hot Piece of Gold Second Title of Law. Deposits Third Title of Law. Partnership Fourth Title of Law. Resumption of Gift Fifth Title of Law. Breach of a Contract of Service Sixth Title of Law. Non-Payment of Wages Seventh Title of Law. Sales Effected by Another Than the Rightful Owner Eighth Title of Law. Non-Delivery of a Sold Chattel Ninth Title of Law. Rescission of Purchase Tenth Title of Law. Transgression of a Compact Eleventh Title of Law. Boundary Disputes Twelfth Title of Law. The Mutual Duties of Husband and Wife Thirteenth Title of Law. The Law of Inheritance Fourteenth Title of Law. Heinous Offences Fifteenth and Sixteenth Titles of Law. Abuse and Assault Seventeenth Title of Law. Games Eighteenth Title of Law. Miscellaneous Appendix: Theft

Quotations from Nârada

I. Judicial Procedure II. The Plaint III. The Answer IV. Writings and Possession V. Witnesses VI. Ordeals VII. Miscellaneous Laws

Fragments of Brihaspati

Introduction I. Constitution of a Court of Justice II. General Rules of Procedure III. The Plaint IV. The Answer V. The Trial VI. The Judgment VII. Witnesses VIII. Documents IX. Possession X. Ordeals XI. The Law of Debt XII. Deposits XIII. Sale Without Ownership XIV. Concerns of a Partnership XV. Resumption of Gifts XVI. Master and Servant XVII. Violation of Agreements XVIII. Rescission of Purchase and Sale XIX. Boundary Disputes XX. Defamation XXI. Assault XXII. Robbery and Violence XXIII. Adultery XXIV. Duties of Man and Wife XXV. The Law of Inheritance XXVI. Gambling and Betting XXVII. Miscellaneous (Prakîrnaka)Addenda