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THE JUDGMENT.
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cast through his own conduct, and one whom the
judicial investigation has proved to be in the wrong:
(these three) deserve to have their final defeat
declared at the hand of the judges.
42. Whenever the (false) assertions have been
removed, the judges shall pass a decree. If they
pass a judgment, before the false statements have
been removed, they will cause evil in the next world
and in this.
43. One condemned by the judges shall be pun-
ished by the king according to law. The victorious
party shall receive a document recording his victory,
and couched in appropriate language.
44. This has been formerly declared by the self-
existent Being to be the mouth of a lawsuit. If the
mouth of a lawsuit is in order, the whole suit is in
order, but not otherwise.
conduct, as e.g. by adducing false witnesses or forged documents;
3. one convicted by the witnesses : those three shall not be punished
till they have been condemned by the judges. A.
42. When the time for passing a decree has arrived, the judges
shall carefully remove all mere assertions of either party. Should
they omit to do so, they would be in danger of condemning an
innocent man, and might produce evil in this world by causing loss
of money, and in the next world by barring the way to paradise to
themselves, as it is the duty of kings to restrain evil-doers and to
protect the righteous. A.
43. According to Br/haspati, the document of victory which has
to be given to the victorious party shall contain an accurate record
of the plaint, of the answer, and of the judicial investigation.
44. The general rules regarding judicial proceedings, which have
been laid down in the preceding section, are declared to be the
mouth of a lawsuit, because they are applicable to the trial of every
suit. ‘The self-existent Being,’ i.e. Brahman. A.
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cast through his own conduct, and one whom the
judicial investigation has proved to be in the wrong:
(these three) deserve to have their final defeat
declared at the hand of the judges.
42. Whenever the (false) assertions have been
removed, the judges shall pass a decree. If they
pass a judgment, before the false statements have
been removed, they will cause evil in the next world
and in this.
43. One condemned by the judges shall be pun-
ished by the king according to law. The victorious
party shall receive a document recording his victory,
and couched in appropriate language.
44. This has been formerly declared by the self-
existent Being to be the mouth of a lawsuit. If the
mouth of a lawsuit is in order, the whole suit is in
order, but not otherwise.
conduct, as e.g. by adducing false witnesses or forged documents;
3. one convicted by the witnesses : those three shall not be punished
till they have been condemned by the judges. A.
42. When the time for passing a decree has arrived, the judges
shall carefully remove all mere assertions of either party. Should
they omit to do so, they would be in danger of condemning an
innocent man, and might produce evil in this world by causing loss
of money, and in the next world by barring the way to paradise to
themselves, as it is the duty of kings to restrain evil-doers and to
protect the righteous. A.
43. According to Br/haspati, the document of victory which has
to be given to the victorious party shall contain an accurate record
of the plaint, of the answer, and of the judicial investigation.
44. The general rules regarding judicial proceedings, which have
been laid down in the preceding section, are declared to be the
mouth of a lawsuit, because they are applicable to the trial of every
suit. ‘The self-existent Being,’ i.e. Brahman. A.
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