182 ArPENDix to Account of Hindu Courts of Justice. 



over tlie court and its members, and inspecting all its acts, both enjoj's and confers the 

 consequent benefits.* 



" In Na'reda's enumeration, the king and his officers are considered as one member 

 of the court; consequently there is no reason for supposing the number of nine."t 



§ 4. The Sovereign Prince. 



" The king, or a very learned brdhman'a [entitled judge], shall decide the various 

 sorts of law-suit.f 



" Let a man of the royal tribe, who has received the investiture of sovereignty, or 

 one of the sacerdotal class who is conversant with many sciences, ascend the tribunal 

 without ostentation [in his dress or demeanour], and inspect judicial proceedings.^ 



" The king, associating justice with himself, and devoid of partiality or malice, 

 should thoroughly investigate the affairs of contending parties. 1| 



" Divested of wrath and avarice, let the king inspect law-suits with the aid of learned 

 priests, according to the sacred code of justice.lf 



" The king should repair to the court of justice, sedate in his demeanour, and with- 

 out ostentation in his dress; and sitting there, or standing, with his face turned towards 

 the east, should examine the affairs of litigant parties; he should be attended by asses- 

 sors, firm in the discharge of their duties, intelligent, sprung from a noble root, belong- 

 ing to the highest class of regenerate men, skilled in expounding the sacred code, and 

 perfectly acquainted with moral discipline. Thus calm and unostentatious, attended 

 by the superintendent of his courts of justice, by his ministers of state, by brahman'an, 

 and by his own domestic priest, he should himself adjudge the gain and loss of the liti- 

 gants' causes. A prince who judges the suits before him, abides accordingly hereafter 

 in a region of bliss, together with the cliief judge, the ministers of state, the attending 

 brdhman'as, his own domestic priests, and the assessors of the court.** 



" The king himself should inspect forensic affairs, with the aid of learned priests, or 

 appoint a br&hman'a to try causes.ff 



" Let princes of the military class administer justice in their own dominions respec- 

 tively; but an eminent bruhmawa should act for any other sovereign.":j:J 



5 5. The Chief Judge. 



" Placing the sacred code of law before him, and abiding by the advice of his chief 

 judge, let the king try causes with composure in regular order.§^ 



" Let the king or a twice-born man, as chief judge, try causes; setting the members 

 of the judicature before him, and abiding by the doctrine of the law, and by the opinion 

 of the assessors. 11 11 



* Viramitr. f Madhav. J VrXh., expounded in Sm. Chand. 



^ Prajapati. [| Kareda, or Ya}tia. ^ YajnyanjalcyOy 2. 1 . 



** Catyayana. See likewise ilft'na, 8. 1. 2. ff Tu^nu, 3 and 73. Xt Prajapati. 



JJ Nareda, 1. 33. || || Fri/iaspali, cited in Calp. and Mi^fi. 



