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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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INTRODUCTION
(4) concerns among partners, (5) resumption of gifts, (6) non-payment of wages, (7) non-performance of agreements, (8) rescission of sale and purchase, (9) disputes between the owner (of cattle) and his
servants, (10) disputes regarding boundaries, (11) assault, (12) defamation (i.e., rudeness of speech), (13) theft, (14) robbery and violence, (15) adultery (i.e., molesting others' wives), (16) duties of man and wife, (17) partition (of inheritance), (18) gambling and betting.
व्यवहारविषय (Procedure) व्यवहारविषय concerns itself with rules of procedure and punishments for false evidence and for the re-opening of oncedecided matter.
The king should, on receipt of a plaint, issue summons to the defendant or send messengers to bring him to court. The king can also exercise control (VIÊU) over the defendants person in four ways, viz., in regard to place, time, sojourn, and work.
“ You should not leave this place, or go to a foreign territory, or undertake any new work, without paying off the debt owed by you” are instances of the exercise of such control.
The royal officer who arrests an innocent person, or lets loose a culprit, or a person whose trial is sub judice, should be punished with STIA-TUE.
The plaintiff can absolve himself of the liability of personal attendance in a court of law by deputing the following persons in lieu of himself, viz., brother, father, son, recognised agent, servant, disciple, and friend. Idiots, lunatics, infirm persons, diseased persons, children, and women must always be represented in law suits by their relations.
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