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WITNESSES.
81
*151. The witnesses not appointed by (the party)
himself have been declared sixfold : viz. the village,
a judge, a king,
''T52. One acquainted with the affairs of the two
parties, and one deputed by the claimant. In family
quarrels, members of that family shall be witnesses.
153. They shall be of honourable family, straight-
forward, and unexceptionable as to their descent,
their actions, and their fortune. The witnesses shall
not be less than three in number, unimpeachable,
honest, and pure-minded.
154. They shall be Brahmans, Vaisyas, or Ksha-
triyas, or irreproachable Tudras. Each of these
shall be (witness) for persons of his own order, or
all of them may be (witnesses) for all (orders).
*155. Among companies (of artizans, or guilds of
151, 152. The village or the co-villagers shall be witnesses in a
transaction which has taken place within the village. The testimony
of the judge shall be heard in regard to a cause tried in a court of
justice. The king shall be witness concerning a transaction which
has taken place in his presence. These, and one acquainted with
the circumstances of both parties, the agent of the claimant, and
members of a family in a lawsuit concerning that family, are the
six kinds-of witnesses not appointed. A.
153. 1 2 3 Of honourable family/ belonging to a noble race.
‘ Straightforward,’ habitually veracious. ‘ Less than three,’ viz.
one or two persons may be witnesses if both parties consent to
it. In a dispute regarding landed property, more than three
witnesses are required. ‘ Honest,’ free from avarice. ‘ Pure-
minded,’ imbued with the precepts of religion. A. Manu VIII,
62, 63 ; Vishmr VIII, 8 ; Apastamba II, 11, 29, 7 ; Gautama XIII,
2 ; Yag-navalkya II, 68, 69 ; Vasish/7za XVI, 28.
154. Members of these four castes shall be witnesses for members
of their own caste only. Or let members of any caste be witnesses
for members of any other caste. A. Manu VIII, 62; Gautama XIII,
3 ; Ya^navalkya II, 69 ; Vasish/^a XVI, 29; Baudhayana I, 19, 13.
15g. Companies or guilds are of eighteen kinds. Labourers
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WITNESSES.
81
*151. The witnesses not appointed by (the party)
himself have been declared sixfold : viz. the village,
a judge, a king,
''T52. One acquainted with the affairs of the two
parties, and one deputed by the claimant. In family
quarrels, members of that family shall be witnesses.
153. They shall be of honourable family, straight-
forward, and unexceptionable as to their descent,
their actions, and their fortune. The witnesses shall
not be less than three in number, unimpeachable,
honest, and pure-minded.
154. They shall be Brahmans, Vaisyas, or Ksha-
triyas, or irreproachable Tudras. Each of these
shall be (witness) for persons of his own order, or
all of them may be (witnesses) for all (orders).
*155. Among companies (of artizans, or guilds of
151, 152. The village or the co-villagers shall be witnesses in a
transaction which has taken place within the village. The testimony
of the judge shall be heard in regard to a cause tried in a court of
justice. The king shall be witness concerning a transaction which
has taken place in his presence. These, and one acquainted with
the circumstances of both parties, the agent of the claimant, and
members of a family in a lawsuit concerning that family, are the
six kinds-of witnesses not appointed. A.
153. 1 2 3 Of honourable family/ belonging to a noble race.
‘ Straightforward,’ habitually veracious. ‘ Less than three,’ viz.
one or two persons may be witnesses if both parties consent to
it. In a dispute regarding landed property, more than three
witnesses are required. ‘ Honest,’ free from avarice. ‘ Pure-
minded,’ imbued with the precepts of religion. A. Manu VIII,
62, 63 ; Vishmr VIII, 8 ; Apastamba II, 11, 29, 7 ; Gautama XIII,
2 ; Yag-navalkya II, 68, 69 ; Vasish/7za XVI, 28.
154. Members of these four castes shall be witnesses for members
of their own caste only. Or let members of any caste be witnesses
for members of any other caste. A. Manu VIII, 62; Gautama XIII,
3 ; Ya^navalkya II, 69 ; Vasish/^a XVI, 29; Baudhayana I, 19, 13.
15g. Companies or guilds are of eighteen kinds. Labourers
E331 G