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THE PLAINT.
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(a cause which) is opposed to (the interests of) the
city or kingdom (in which he lives).
13. A plaint in which a mere dot is omitted, or
where a word or a syllable has been obliterated, or
where too little or too much has been written, or which
is absurd; such a plaint should be carefully avoided.
14. He should (equally) avoid a plaint which has
been destroyed or damaged (by an accident), or
which has been soiled by water, oil, or other (liquids),
even though the purport and meaning of the plaint
be quite plain.
* 15. A plaint, though otherwise established, is not
correct, if it is contrary to established law and usage.
16. A claim which is proffered in this form—‘I
gave this to him while he was in a state of intoxica-
tion with fragrance (through a smell of perfume) ’—
cannot succeed, because it is contrary to established
usage.
* 17. Where different words are (subsequently) in-
serted (in the plaint), and where the sense becomes
different (in consequence), there the judicial investi-
gation becomes confused, and the evidence itself is
thrown into confusion.
* 18. When the claimant, in a passion, and actuated
17. A. illustrates this rule by the following example. The claim-
ant has claimed a certain sum. At the time of the trial he names a
larger sum than he did before. Thus the judicial investigation
becomes confused.
18. If a man actuated by one of the three passions, sexual desire,
wrath, and covetousness, mentions some special (important) circum-
stance at the trial, the scribe shall enter it at once in writing on a
board, or leaf, or Bhurga-bark, or box, or wall. A. This rule
seems to relate to incidental statements, which escape one of the
parties through inadvertency. Thus in the well-known drama
Mrz'Z’Z’^aka/ika, the wicked prince Sazzzsthanaka, when informing the
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(a cause which) is opposed to (the interests of) the
city or kingdom (in which he lives).
13. A plaint in which a mere dot is omitted, or
where a word or a syllable has been obliterated, or
where too little or too much has been written, or which
is absurd; such a plaint should be carefully avoided.
14. He should (equally) avoid a plaint which has
been destroyed or damaged (by an accident), or
which has been soiled by water, oil, or other (liquids),
even though the purport and meaning of the plaint
be quite plain.
* 15. A plaint, though otherwise established, is not
correct, if it is contrary to established law and usage.
16. A claim which is proffered in this form—‘I
gave this to him while he was in a state of intoxica-
tion with fragrance (through a smell of perfume) ’—
cannot succeed, because it is contrary to established
usage.
* 17. Where different words are (subsequently) in-
serted (in the plaint), and where the sense becomes
different (in consequence), there the judicial investi-
gation becomes confused, and the evidence itself is
thrown into confusion.
* 18. When the claimant, in a passion, and actuated
17. A. illustrates this rule by the following example. The claim-
ant has claimed a certain sum. At the time of the trial he names a
larger sum than he did before. Thus the judicial investigation
becomes confused.
18. If a man actuated by one of the three passions, sexual desire,
wrath, and covetousness, mentions some special (important) circum-
stance at the trial, the scribe shall enter it at once in writing on a
board, or leaf, or Bhurga-bark, or box, or wall. A. This rule
seems to relate to incidental statements, which escape one of the
parties through inadvertency. Thus in the well-known drama
Mrz'Z’Z’^aka/ika, the wicked prince Sazzzsthanaka, when informing the