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The Minor Law Books (SBE33)
by Julius Jolly
[1889]


    It is truth which makes the earth bear all beings, truth which makes the sun rise. It is through truth that winds blow, and that the waters flow.--p. 93

This is a translation of the Hindu law books written about the sixth century CE by Narada and Brihaspati.These are later works than the other legal writingsin the Sacred Books of the Eastseries, such as .


Title PageContentsIntroduction to NradaAbbreviations
Nrada
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 Nrada
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 (Prakrnaka)Addenda




THE
MINOR LAW-BOOKS
TRANSLATED BY
JULIUS JOLLY
PART I

(There were no successive parts issued in this set.JBH.)

NRADA. BRIHASPATI
Oxford: The Clarendon Press
[1889]

Scanned, proofed and formatted by John Bruno Hare at sacred-texts.com, April 2008. This text it in the public domain in the US because it was published prior to 1923.


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CONTENTS.

PAGE

INTRODUCTION TO NRADA

ABBREVIATIONS

NRADA

THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE

INTRODUCTION. I. Legal Procedure

II. The Plaint

III. Courts of Justice

FIRST TITLE OF LAW. 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

PAGE

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 NRADA

I. Judicial Procedure

II. The Plaint

III. The Answer

IV. Writings and Possession

V. Witnesses

VI. Ordeals

VII. Miscellaneous Laws

INTRODUCTION TO THE FRAGMENTS OF BRIHASPATI

BRIHASPATI

I. Constitution of a Court of Justice

II. General Rules of Procedure

PAGE

III. The Plaint

IV. The Answer

V. The Trial

VI. The Judgment

VII. The 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

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