The Minor Law Books (SBE33): Page IndexThe Minor Law Books (SBE33): Page Index Contents page viii page ix Introduction to Nârada page x page xi page xii page xiii page xiv page xv page xvi page xvii page xviii page xix page xx page xxi page xxii Abbreviations page xxiii page xxiv The Author's Preface page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 I. Legal Procedure page 5 page 6 page 7 page 8 page 9 page 10 page 11 page 12 page 13 page 14 page 15 page 16 page 17 page 18 page 19 page 20 page 21 page 22 page 23 page 24 II. The Plaint page 25 page 26 page 27 page 28 page 29 page 30 page 31 page 32 page 33 page 34 page 35 III. Courts of Justice page 36 page 37 page 38 page 39 page 40 1. Payment of a Debt page 41 page 42 page 43 page 44 page 45 page 46 page 47 page 48 page 49 2. Valid and Invalid Transactions page 50 page 51 page 52 3. Property page 53 page 54 page 55 4. Means of Livelihood for a Brahman in Times of Distress page 56 page 57 page 58 5. Modes of Proof page 59 page 60 page 61 page 62 page 63 page 64 page 65 6. Lending Money at Interest page 66 page 67 page 68 7. Usurers page 69 page 70 8. Sureties page 71 page 72 9. Pledges page 73 page 74 page 75 10. Documents page 76 page 77 page 78 page 79 11. Witnesses page 80 page 81 page 82 12. Incompetent Witnesses page 83 page 84 page 85 13. Six Cases Where Witnesses are Unnecessary page 86 14. False Witnesses page 87 page 88 page 89 page 90 page 91 15. Exhorting the Witnesses page 92 page 93 page 94 page 95 16. Valid Evidence page 96 18. What Has to be Done in Default of Both Witnesses And Documents page 97 page 98 page 99 19. Proof by Ordeal page 100 page 101 page 102 20. The Ordeal by Balance page 103 page 104 page 105 page 106 page 107 page 108 21. The Ordeal by Fire page 109 page 110 page 111 22. The Ordeal by Water page 112 page 113 page 114 23. The Ordeal by Poison page 115 page 116 24. The Ordeal by Sacred Libation page 117 page 118 25. The Rice Ordeal page 119 26. The Ordeal of the Hot Piece of Gold page 120 Second Title of Law. Deposits page 121 page 122 page 123 Third Title of Law. Partnership page 124 page 125 page 126 page 127 Fourth Title of Law. Resumption of Gift page 128 page 129 page 130 Fifth Title of Law. Breach of a Contract of Service page 131 page 132 page 133 page 134 page 135 page 136 page 137 page 138 page 139 Sixth Title of Law. Non-Payment of Wages page 140 page 141 page 142 page 143 page 144 Seventh Title of Law. Sales Effected by Another Than the Rightful Owner page 145 page 146 Eighth Title of Law. Non-Delivery of a Sold Chattel page 147 page 148 page 149 Ninth Title of Law. Rescission of Purchase page 150 page 151 page 152 page 153 Tenth Title of Law. Transgression of a Compact page 154 page 155 Eleventh Title of Law. Boundary Disputes page 156 page 157 page 158 page 159 page 160 page 161 page 162 page 163 page 164 Twelfth Title of Law. The Mutual Duties of Husband and Wife page 165 page 166 page 167 page 168 page 169 page 170 page 171 page 172 page 173 page 174 page 175 page 176 page 177 page 178 page 179 page 180 page 181 page 182 page 183 page 184 page 185 page 186 page 187 page 188 Thirteenth Title of Law. The Law of Inheritance page 189 page 190 page 191 page 192 page 193 page 194 page 195 page 196 page 197 page 198 page 199 page 200 page 201 page 202 Fourteenth Title of Law. Heinous Offences page 203 page 204 page 205 page 206 Fifteenth and Sixteenth Titles of Law. Abuse and Assault page 207 page 208 page 209 page 210 page 211 page 212 Seventeenth Title of Law. Games page 213 page 214 Eighteenth Title of Law. Miscellaneous page 215 page 216 page 217 page 218 page 219 page 220 page 221 page 222 Appendix: Theft page 223 page 224 page 225 page 226 page 227 page 228 page 229 page 230 page 231 page 232 I. Judicial Procedure page 233 page 234 page 235 II. The Plaint page 236 page 237 page 238 page 239 III. The Answer page 240 page 241 page 242 IV. Writings and Possession page 243 page 244 V. Witnesses page 245 page 246 page 247 VI. Ordeals page 248 page 249 page 250 page 251 page 252 page 253 page 254 page 255 page 256 page 257 page 258 page 259 page 260 page 261 page 262 page 263 VII. Miscellaneous Laws page 264 page 265 page 266 page 267 Introduction page 268 page 269 page 270 page 271 page 272 page 273 page 274 page 275 page 276 I. Constitution of a Court of Justice page 277 page 278 page 279 page 280 page 281 page 282 II. General Rules of Procedure page 283 page 284 page 285 page 286 page 287 page 288 page 289 III. The Plaint page 290 page 291 page 292 IV. The Answer page 293 page 294 V. The Trial page 295 page 296 page 297 VI. The Judgment page 298 VII. Witnesses page 299 page 300 page 301 page 302 page 303 page 304 VIII. Documents page 305 page 306 page 307 page 308 page 309 IX. Possession page 310 page 311 page 312 page 313 page 314 X. Ordeals page 315 page 316 page 317 page 318 page 319 XI. The Law of Debt page 320 page 321 page 322 page 323 page 324 page 325 page 326 page 327 page 328 page 329 page 330 page 331 page 332 XII. Deposits page 333 page 334 XIII. Sale Without Ownership page 335 page 336 XIV. Concerns of a Partnership page 337 page 338 page 339 page 340 page 341 XV. Resumption of Gifts page 342 page 343 XVI. Master and Servant page 344 page 345 page 346 XVII. Violation of Agreements page 347 page 348 page 349 page 350 XVIII. Rescission of Purchase and Sale page 351 XIX. Boundary Disputes page 352 page 353 page 354 page 355 XX. Defamation page 356 page 357 XXI. Assault page 358 page 359 XXII. Robbery and Violence page 360 page 361 page 362 page 363 page 364 page 365 XXIII. Adultery page 366 page 367 XXIV. Duties of Man and Wife page 368 page 369 XXV. The Law of Inheritance page 370 page 371 page 372 page 373 page 374 page 375 page 376 page 377 page 378 page 379 page 380 page 381 page 382 page 383 page 384 page 385 XXVI. Gambling and Betting page 386 XXVII. Miscellaneous (Prakîrnaka) page 387 page 388 page 389 page 390 Addenda page 391