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NARADA.
* 8. These are called the defects of a plaint: (i) if
it relates to a different subject; (2) if it is unmeaning ;
(3) if the amount (of the sum claimed) has not been
properly stated ; (4) if it is wanting in propriety;
(5) if the writing is deficient; (6) or redundant; (7)
if it has been damaged.
9. By whomsoever a claim is raised, whatever and
from whomsoever it may have been claimed : from
that very person must the claimant receive that
very thing, and it must not be (claimed) mutually,
or (claimed) from a stranger. Thus ‘ a claim relating
to a different subject’ may be of three kinds.
10. Thy friend here has thought in his mind, that
I am his enemy. On account of this great intoler-
ance I have impeached thee here.
11. If he omits to state the amount of the thing
(claimed), and forgets to aim at brevity(?): this fault
of a plaint is called omission of the amount (claimed),
and it should be avoided.
12. Let him avoid improper statements in the
plaint (e. g. an accusation which is raised) by a
plurality of persons against one single-handed; or
8. A. does not explain the rather obscure terms occurring in
several of the following paragraphs. He confines himself to stating
that they contain an accurate definition of the ‘seven defects of a
plaint,’ as enumerated in paragraph 8, to which the defect de-
scribed in paragraphs 15, 16 has to be added as an eighth.
9. The three kinds of ‘ a claim relating to a different subject’
appear, therefore, to be these: where it proceeds from a different
person than the creditor; where the amount of the sum claimed has
not been stated correctly; and where the plaint has been addressed
to a wrong person.
10. This is an instance of an unmeaning or frivolous ac-
cusation. A.
11. The reading of this paragraph is uncertain.
NARADA.
* 8. These are called the defects of a plaint: (i) if
it relates to a different subject; (2) if it is unmeaning ;
(3) if the amount (of the sum claimed) has not been
properly stated ; (4) if it is wanting in propriety;
(5) if the writing is deficient; (6) or redundant; (7)
if it has been damaged.
9. By whomsoever a claim is raised, whatever and
from whomsoever it may have been claimed : from
that very person must the claimant receive that
very thing, and it must not be (claimed) mutually,
or (claimed) from a stranger. Thus ‘ a claim relating
to a different subject’ may be of three kinds.
10. Thy friend here has thought in his mind, that
I am his enemy. On account of this great intoler-
ance I have impeached thee here.
11. If he omits to state the amount of the thing
(claimed), and forgets to aim at brevity(?): this fault
of a plaint is called omission of the amount (claimed),
and it should be avoided.
12. Let him avoid improper statements in the
plaint (e. g. an accusation which is raised) by a
plurality of persons against one single-handed; or
8. A. does not explain the rather obscure terms occurring in
several of the following paragraphs. He confines himself to stating
that they contain an accurate definition of the ‘seven defects of a
plaint,’ as enumerated in paragraph 8, to which the defect de-
scribed in paragraphs 15, 16 has to be added as an eighth.
9. The three kinds of ‘ a claim relating to a different subject’
appear, therefore, to be these: where it proceeds from a different
person than the creditor; where the amount of the sum claimed has
not been stated correctly; and where the plaint has been addressed
to a wrong person.
10. This is an instance of an unmeaning or frivolous ac-
cusation. A.
11. The reading of this paragraph is uncertain.