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NARADA.
I, 148.
gathered from (the deposition of) witnesses, whose
knowledge is based on what has been seen, heard,
or understood by them.
148. He should be considered as a witness
who has witnessed a deed with his own ears or
eyes ; with his ears, if he has heard another man
speaking; with his eyes, if he has seen something
himself.
*149. Eleven descriptions of witnesses are dis-
tinguished in law by the learned. Five of them are
termed appointed, and the other six not appointed.
*150. A subscribing witness, one who has been
reminded, a casual witness, a secret witness, and an
indirect witness, these are the five sorts of appointed
witnesses.
about a doubtful affair of any sort, the truth has to be ascertained
by examining the statements of the witnesses, who have seen, or
heard, or been present at, the transaction. A.
148. Manu VIII, 74; Vishnu VIII, 13.
149. Definitions of the eleven witnesses are given in the following
paragraphs. A.
150. ‘A subscribing witness,’ i.e. one by whom a document
is attested. ‘ A secret witness,’ one who concealed in a house
or room listens to the discourse of the parties. A. Katyayana
defines the technical terms in this paragraph as follows: ‘ One
adduced by the claimant himself, whose name is inserted in the
deed, is a subscribing witness. A reminded witness is not entered
in a deed. He is called a reminded witness who in order to insure
the publicity of a transaction is reminded of it again and again by
the claimant. One purposely brought near, and one who happened
to be on the spot accidentally, are two witnesses not entered in a
deed, by whom a claim may be corroborated. One who standing
concealed is caused, for the purpose of establishing the claim, to
hear distinctly the statements of the defendant, is termed a secret
witness. One who subsequently corroborates the statements of
other witnesses, whether from his own knowledge, or from hear-
say, is called an indirect witness.’
NARADA.
I, 148.
gathered from (the deposition of) witnesses, whose
knowledge is based on what has been seen, heard,
or understood by them.
148. He should be considered as a witness
who has witnessed a deed with his own ears or
eyes ; with his ears, if he has heard another man
speaking; with his eyes, if he has seen something
himself.
*149. Eleven descriptions of witnesses are dis-
tinguished in law by the learned. Five of them are
termed appointed, and the other six not appointed.
*150. A subscribing witness, one who has been
reminded, a casual witness, a secret witness, and an
indirect witness, these are the five sorts of appointed
witnesses.
about a doubtful affair of any sort, the truth has to be ascertained
by examining the statements of the witnesses, who have seen, or
heard, or been present at, the transaction. A.
148. Manu VIII, 74; Vishnu VIII, 13.
149. Definitions of the eleven witnesses are given in the following
paragraphs. A.
150. ‘A subscribing witness,’ i.e. one by whom a document
is attested. ‘ A secret witness,’ one who concealed in a house
or room listens to the discourse of the parties. A. Katyayana
defines the technical terms in this paragraph as follows: ‘ One
adduced by the claimant himself, whose name is inserted in the
deed, is a subscribing witness. A reminded witness is not entered
in a deed. He is called a reminded witness who in order to insure
the publicity of a transaction is reminded of it again and again by
the claimant. One purposely brought near, and one who happened
to be on the spot accidentally, are two witnesses not entered in a
deed, by whom a claim may be corroborated. One who standing
concealed is caused, for the purpose of establishing the claim, to
hear distinctly the statements of the defendant, is termed a secret
witness. One who subsequently corroborates the statements of
other witnesses, whether from his own knowledge, or from hear-
say, is called an indirect witness.’