Hindu Law and Judicature from the Dharmaśástra of Yajńavalkya in English |
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according adverse possession amerced aurasa brahman Brihaspati cattle cause Colebrooke Commentator explains Commentator quotes compelled creditor crime criminals daughter death debt debtor declared deposit Dharana Dharma Sástras duty enjoined false father fined forfeit full brothers gift give given gold half half-brother heir Hindu hundred paņas husband ibid incurred inherit Introd Krishnala kshattriya Kuthumi land law-suits literally loss lowest Manu ch marriage Másha means monarch mother mustard seed Nárada oblation offence ordeal owner palas panas party paternal pay the highest payment penalty person plaintiff pledge possession proof punishment purchase received refer religious rendered rites ritual rule sáhasa scil share signifies slave sloka Smriti sons Śruti stolen stridhana Súdra suit supra sl surety testimony theft thief traders translation twice-born usage usufruct Vaisyas Vasishtha Vedas village Vyavahára wager White mustard Whoever Whoso wife witnesses wives woman women word Yájnavalkya دو دو وو
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Page 5 - And similarly Yajnavalkya's Code says : " Of a newly subjugated territory, the monarch shall preserve the social and religious usages, also the judicial system and the state of classes as they already obtain.
Page 16 - an absolute property may be acquired in law by continued and undisputed possession for twenty years in the presence of the owner, provided that the possessor came in by a fair title, either by descent or by purchase ; if he had no fair title, the intermediate profits only are irrecoverable, but the property is not lost.
Page 3 - if two texts of the Law be opposed to each other, one argument founded on usage is of force; but the dharma-sastra is of greater force than the arthasastra. This is a settled rule.
Page 16 - I only add for your further satisfaction, that if three descents have happened since the first possession without a fair title, the property is lost, even though the owner was absent ; but if three descents have not been cast, an adverse possession for a hundred years gives an absolute property in the land to the possessor, unless the owner was under some legal disability."4 Colebrooke's remarks on this subject are more accurate.
Page 10 - Yajnavalkya says that the representation, as made by the plaintiff, is to be put in writing in the presence of the defendant — the year, month, fortnight, and day, together with the names, caste, etc., being given. * " The accusation," says Narada, " is called the plaint ; the answer is called the declaration of the defendant.
Page 7 - ' a copper pana is of the weight of a karsha," and as the English commentator justly observes, the tables "by no means satisfactorily define the intrinsic weight and signification of the Pana, which as the measure of pecuniary penalty " would naturally be of the greatest importance.
Page 35 - the scales by those who understand the art of weighing, a counter Authpul, | „ weight adjusted and a line drawn.
Page 35 - Thou, 0 fire, dwellest in all created tilings! 0 purifier, in testimony of innocence and guilt, do thou, in my hand, make known the truth !" 105. When he [who suffers the ordeal] has thus spoken, let a smooth red hot iron ball, of fifty palas weight, be placed upon both his hands. 106. Carrying this, let him slowly walk across seven circles, of sixteen fingers breadth diameter sell.
Page 7 - In the corresponding ilokas of Manu, p. 18; and later references to the town of Sarsuti, in my Pathan 10 palas are said to be equivalent to 1 dharana. We can only Kings, p.