Index

The Minor Law Books (SBE33): Page Index

Contents

page viii
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Introduction to Nârada

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Abbreviations

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The Author's Preface

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I. Legal Procedure

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II. The Plaint

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III. Courts of Justice

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1. Payment of a Debt

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2. Valid and Invalid Transactions

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3. Property

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

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5. Modes of Proof

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6. Lending Money at Interest

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7. Usurers

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8. Sureties

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9. Pledges

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10. Documents

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11. Witnesses

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12. Incompetent Witnesses

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13. Six Cases Where Witnesses are Unnecessary

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14. False Witnesses

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15. Exhorting the Witnesses

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16. Valid Evidence

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18. What Has to be Done in Default of Both Witnesses And Documents

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19. Proof by Ordeal

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20. The Ordeal by Balance

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21. The Ordeal by Fire

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22. The Ordeal by Water

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23. The Ordeal by Poison

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24. The Ordeal by Sacred Libation

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25. The Rice Ordeal

page 119

26. The Ordeal of the Hot Piece of Gold

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Second Title of Law. Deposits

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Third Title of Law. Partnership

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Fourth Title of Law. Resumption of Gift

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Fifth Title of Law. Breach of a Contract of Service

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Sixth Title of Law. Non-Payment of Wages

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Seventh Title of Law. Sales Effected by Another Than the Rightful Owner

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Eighth Title of Law. Non-Delivery of a Sold Chattel

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Ninth Title of Law. Rescission of Purchase

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Tenth Title of Law. Transgression of a Compact

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Eleventh Title of Law. Boundary Disputes

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Twelfth Title of Law. The Mutual Duties of Husband and Wife

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Thirteenth Title of Law. The Law of Inheritance

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Fourteenth Title of Law. Heinous Offences

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Fifteenth and Sixteenth Titles of Law. Abuse and Assault

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Seventeenth Title of Law. Games

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Eighteenth Title of Law. Miscellaneous

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Appendix: Theft

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I. Judicial Procedure

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II. The Plaint

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III. The Answer

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IV. Writings and Possession

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V. Witnesses

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VI. Ordeals

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VII. Miscellaneous Laws

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Introduction

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I. Constitution of a Court of Justice

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II. General Rules of Procedure

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III. The Plaint

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IV. The Answer

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V. The Trial

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VI. The Judgment

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VII. Witnesses

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VIII. Documents

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IX. Possession

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X. Ordeals

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XI. The Law of Debt

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XII. Deposits

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XIII. Sale Without Ownership

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XIV. Concerns of a Partnership

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XV. Resumption of Gifts

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XVI. Master and Servant

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XVII. Violation of Agreements

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XVIII. Rescission of Purchase and Sale

page 351

XIX. Boundary Disputes

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XX. Defamation

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XXI. Assault

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XXII. Robbery and Violence

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XXIII. Adultery

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XXIV. Duties of Man and Wife

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XXV. The Law of Inheritance

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XXVI. Gambling and Betting

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XXVII. Miscellaneous (Prakîrnaka)

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Addenda

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