Zend Avesta Part 03

SR No.: 007673
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: L H Mills
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1887
Total Pages: 2618
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 49 MB

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II, 12.
THE PLAINT.
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which is rendered unclear by the mode of writing (exhibited in it), though the claimant's previous statements be (duly) entered in it.
9. Let him avoid, as a mere semblance of a declaration, (a plaint the tenour of) which is unnatural, not connected with an injury, senseless, purposeless, incapable of being proved, or at variance (with possibility, or with justice).
10. That suit which is prohibited by the king, or opposed to the interests of the citizens, or of the whole kingdom, or of the constituent elements of the state,
11. As well as (those suits) which are opposed to the interests of a town or village, or of eminent persons: all such suits are declared to be inadmissible.
12. A plaint in which several different subjects are mixed up together can have no effect.
claimant is stated to have proffered both the accusation and the answer. Vîram.
9. Vy. K.; M. Macn. I, 4, 10 (uncertain). Unnatural,' such as e. g. That person has taken my rabbit's horn and refuses to restore it. Not connected with an injury,' as, That man is doing his business in his own house by the light of a lamp which is burning in mine. 'Senseless' (a number of syllables strung together), without any intelligible meaning, as, e.g. kakatapam or gadadagavam.
Purposeless,' as, This man, Dedavatta, is warbling a melodious song before my house. 'Incapable of being proved,' as, Devadatta mocks me by a frown. Such an assertion as this is incapable of being proved, because it does not admit of proof. Owing to the transient nature of the act, witnesses are not available, much less can documentary evidence be resorted to; nor would it be proper to perform an ordeal, on account of the trifling nature of the charge. At variance' (with possibility), as, A dumb man has cursed me. Or, at variance' with the interests of a town or kingdom, M.
10,11. Vy. K.; M. Macn. I, 4, 11 and May. p. 10 (uncertain). 12. V. T.; M. Macn. I, 4, 12, &c. (uncertain). Each subject shall
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