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THE PLAINT.
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witnesses, as well as those statements in which both
parties concur.
21. Additional statements of the plaintiff (or de-
fendant), which are not contained in the writings of
both parties, shall be (subsequently) entered into his
(their) declaration. They are called Pratyakalita
(‘ what is interposed’).
* 22. If one deputed by the claimant, or chosen
as his representative by the defendant, speaks for
his client in court, the victory or defeat concerns the
party (himself and not the representative).
* 23. He deserves punishment who speaks in
behalf of another, without being either the brother,
the father, the son, or the appointed agent; and so
does he who contradicts himself at the trial.
* 24. He who forsakes his original claim and pro-
duces a new one, loses his suit, because he confounds
two plaints with one another.
* 25. A verbal error does not annul the claim in
21. A. infers from the use of the term ‘both parties’ that a
Pratyakalita statement may proceed from the defendant as well as
from the plaintiff, though the plaintiff alone is specially mentioned.
A. adds that this rule applies equally to all those kinds of statements,
which are mentioned in paragraph 20.
22. This rule applies equally where a party is prevented from
appearing before the court by illness, and where the party is not
a good speaker, and has appointed an agent or attorney for that
reason. A.
23. This prohibition relates to those who, from love, anger, or
avarice, meddle with the affairs of strangers, and pretend to act in
their behalf at court. A.
24. If a claimant, on finding himself unable to prove his claim
at the trial, proffers a different claim, he must be pronounced the
losing party, on account of the confusion caused by him. A.
25. An erroneous statement does not necessarily cause the defeat
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witnesses, as well as those statements in which both
parties concur.
21. Additional statements of the plaintiff (or de-
fendant), which are not contained in the writings of
both parties, shall be (subsequently) entered into his
(their) declaration. They are called Pratyakalita
(‘ what is interposed’).
* 22. If one deputed by the claimant, or chosen
as his representative by the defendant, speaks for
his client in court, the victory or defeat concerns the
party (himself and not the representative).
* 23. He deserves punishment who speaks in
behalf of another, without being either the brother,
the father, the son, or the appointed agent; and so
does he who contradicts himself at the trial.
* 24. He who forsakes his original claim and pro-
duces a new one, loses his suit, because he confounds
two plaints with one another.
* 25. A verbal error does not annul the claim in
21. A. infers from the use of the term ‘both parties’ that a
Pratyakalita statement may proceed from the defendant as well as
from the plaintiff, though the plaintiff alone is specially mentioned.
A. adds that this rule applies equally to all those kinds of statements,
which are mentioned in paragraph 20.
22. This rule applies equally where a party is prevented from
appearing before the court by illness, and where the party is not
a good speaker, and has appointed an agent or attorney for that
reason. A.
23. This prohibition relates to those who, from love, anger, or
avarice, meddle with the affairs of strangers, and pretend to act in
their behalf at court. A.
24. If a claimant, on finding himself unable to prove his claim
at the trial, proffers a different claim, he must be pronounced the
losing party, on account of the confusion caused by him. A.
25. An erroneous statement does not necessarily cause the defeat