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43. The distance at which the fire can be addressed, the use of a lamp, and the proper order of the propitiatory dedications, when consecrating a sacred cake
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44. Whether a skilful priest who is employed to perform ceremonies, but is not officially the priest of the district, should be paid a regular stipend
45. The separate duties of priests and disciples.
46. When a priest can abandon the priesthood to obtain a
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47. Whether a priest who knows the Avesta, or one who understands the commentary, be more entitled to the foremost place at a sacred feast
48. The advantage and proper mode of celebrating the
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49. Whether it be lawful to buy corn and keep it long, so as to raise the price for the sake of profit
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50. Whether it be lawful to sell wine to foreigners and infidels 51. The sin of drunkenness, and what constitutes immoderate
drinking
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52. Whether a man who bargains to deliver wheat in a month, and takes a deposit, is bound to deliver the wheat if its market-price has risen enormously
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53. Whether it be lawful to sell cattle to those of a different
religion.
54. Whether a man without a son can give away his property to one daughter on his death-bed; the laws of inheritance, and when an adopted son must be appointed, in such a case
55. Whose duty it is to order the ceremonies after a death 56. The laws of adoption and family-guardianship
57. Those who are fit, or unfit, for adoption
58. The three kinds of adoption
59. The least amount of property that requires the appointment of an adopted son
60. The sin of not appointing an adopted son, or of appointing a dishonest one
61. The merit and demerit of family-guardianship
62. The laws of inheritance
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63. Whether it be lawful to seize property from foreigners
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