A Dharma Reader by Patrick Olivelle

A Dharma Reader by Patrick Olivelle

Author:Patrick Olivelle
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: REL032040, Religion/Hinduism/Theology, REL032010, Religion/Hinduism/History
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2016-11-01T04:00:00+00:00


[GRADATION OF LAW COURTS]

The king, officials authorized to adjudicate lawsuits, associations, guilds, and families—of these, each preceding one should be recognized as having greater authority with respect to legal proceedings among men. (2.31)

[VALIDITY OF LAWSUITS]

He should annul legal actions19 carried out by force or fraud, as also those executed by women, at night, within a house, outside,20 or by an enemy. A legal action carried out by someone who is intoxicated, insane, afflicted, in distress, a child, or frightened, as well as one executed by a person unrelated to the issue, is invalid. (2.32–33)



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