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QUOTATIONS FROM NARADA.
2. That plaint is declared by the wise to 'relate to the property of a stranger' in which joint property is referred to in a claim raised by one man alone who has no right to it, or without authorization from the other joint proprietors.
3. A plaint is said to be 'without an object' when a man, actuated by hatred or anger, taxes another with the murder of a Brahman (or some other deadly sin) and revokes his own charge afterwards on being required to prove it.
4. That plaint 'does not state any quantity' in which no figure is given with regard to a certain quantity, writing, measure, field, house, or other (object).
5. That plaint 'contains no reference to the mode of acquisition' which does not say whether (the property in dispute) has been acquired by learning, or gained as profit (or interest), or purchased, or obtained by inheritance.
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6. Too little' is said to be written in that plaint in which the year, month, fortnight, lunar day, and dayo f the week is not referred to.
7. 'Too much' may be said to be written in that plaint in which (the plaintiff) after having caused the plaint to be written goes on to mention the witnesses at once, without waiting for the answer (of the defendant) to be delivered.
8. That plaint is declared to be 'unmeaning'
II, 2.
2. That plaint is meant in which a stranger or one not authorized by his partners claims the property of a fellowship. Vîram.
3. That plaint is said to be without an object which is dropped afterwards by the claimant himself. Vîram.
7. 'Witnesses,' or evidence generally. Vîram.
8. There is another reading, ubhayam pûrvam, under which the
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