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ITI, !3.
THE PLAINT.
291
8. The above and other qualities (of a plaint)
having been duly considered, a plaint (containing
them) may be regarded as a proper plaint; one not
answering this description is a mere semblance of a
plaint.
9. That (plaint) which (mentions an act that) has
never been done by anybody is called impossible;
one referring to a slight offence, or to a trifling sum,
is called unmeaning ; one in which neither a demand
nor a grievance is referred to, should be known to
be purposeless.
10. (Or) that plaint is unmeaning which does not
concern one of the (fourteen) titles of law relating to
the lending of money at interest and so forth ; and
that plaint is purposeless which does not concern
one of the (four) titles of law relating to insult and
so forth.
11. (When a claimant declares): This man is
bound to give me a bow made of the horn of a hare,
the wise declare such a plaint to be unreasonable
and unsusceptible of proof.
12. When the interests of a town or kingdom are
violated by bringing a certain plaint before a chief
judge or before the king, it is termed a plaint con-
trary (to equity).
13. When a man, (whether) acting as plaintiff (or
as defendant), is forsaken by his strength on being
about to make a statement in a suit, it is proper
8. Smrzti/z. evamadi guzzan samyag alokya Za sunu&tam 1 pak-
sha/z krzta/z samadeya/z pakshabhasas tv ato^nyatha ll
9. Viram. p. 66.
10. Viram. p. 67. Regarding the titles of law, see Brz’haspati,
H, 5-9.
11,12. Viram. p. 67. 13. Raghunandana, p. 11.
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THE PLAINT.
291
8. The above and other qualities (of a plaint)
having been duly considered, a plaint (containing
them) may be regarded as a proper plaint; one not
answering this description is a mere semblance of a
plaint.
9. That (plaint) which (mentions an act that) has
never been done by anybody is called impossible;
one referring to a slight offence, or to a trifling sum,
is called unmeaning ; one in which neither a demand
nor a grievance is referred to, should be known to
be purposeless.
10. (Or) that plaint is unmeaning which does not
concern one of the (fourteen) titles of law relating to
the lending of money at interest and so forth ; and
that plaint is purposeless which does not concern
one of the (four) titles of law relating to insult and
so forth.
11. (When a claimant declares): This man is
bound to give me a bow made of the horn of a hare,
the wise declare such a plaint to be unreasonable
and unsusceptible of proof.
12. When the interests of a town or kingdom are
violated by bringing a certain plaint before a chief
judge or before the king, it is termed a plaint con-
trary (to equity).
13. When a man, (whether) acting as plaintiff (or
as defendant), is forsaken by his strength on being
about to make a statement in a suit, it is proper
8. Smrzti/z. evamadi guzzan samyag alokya Za sunu&tam 1 pak-
sha/z krzta/z samadeya/z pakshabhasas tv ato^nyatha ll
9. Viram. p. 66.
10. Viram. p. 67. Regarding the titles of law, see Brz’haspati,
H, 5-9.
11,12. Viram. p. 67. 13. Raghunandana, p. 11.
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