JUSTICE IN NEPAL. IO9 



been mostly described in § 3. The remainder belong to the fiscal. These 

 courts being not merely seats of justice, but the centres of general admi- 

 nistration. 



The court of Patan called Tusaal resembles the Bhu-bhandel of 

 Kathmandu, and that called Kund-bali Sahhd answers to the Chi-hhandel 

 of Kathmandu. They are, properlj^ courts of registration merely, but 

 small actions relative to the boundaries of lands and houses, or to ease- 

 ments attaching to them, and small actions of debt also are tried in them. 



The Tusaal court at SJiatgaon, like that of Patan, answers to the 

 Bhu-hJiandel of the capital, and that called Karmi-Sabhd to the CJii- 

 bhandel. When land is transferred by sale, or mortgage, its limits are 

 laid down by the professional measurers attached to the Tusaal, and 

 the deed of sale is registered in the court, and a copy given to the buyer. 

 As the boundaries of all lands are thus recorded in this court, disputes 

 relative to them are referred to it, at least in the first instance. 



It is unnecessary to particularize the establishments of these revenue 

 courts which differ little from those above given. 



There is a court at Shalgaon called jBandya-Pr adhdn which has the 

 exclusive cognizance of all disputes between the Bandyas*' of that city, 

 and their disputes alone can be heard in it. 



§ 8. Police. 



There is no civil establishment of watchmen in the cities of Nep^l, 

 but the military patrole the streets throughout the night. Night brawls and 

 disturbances in the city are reported to the Ditha in the Inta Cliapli. 



The police of the villages is vested in the judicial ofiicers described in 

 § 4, the Divdriah, 4 Pradhdns and from 5 to 10 Mahdniahs for each village, 

 according to its size. 



* Bandyas are the tonsured and regular followers of the Bauddha faith. 



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