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gets jitaun* from the government : and thus in all cases of false allegation 

 or accusation of property being wrongfully acquired, or false accusation of 

 other sort or misdemeanor. 



In offences involving loss of life or limb, or degradation of a Brahman 

 from his caste, neither jitaun-hdraurt, nor dasond-hisond attach : confiscation 

 of the offender's property follows. The Sandhuah or convicted felon suffers 

 corporally ; and the informer goes free. 



In cases of disputes in court between sons by marriage, regarding their 

 shares, the court after awarding equal shares to all, takes dasond from all 

 alike ; neither bisond, nor fitauri, nor ddnd attach. If the son by wed- 

 lock give not his share to the son by concubinage, and the matter come into 

 court, the court awards to the latter a sixth share taking dasond from him : 

 phul-pan or a petty fee is taken from the former, and nothing else. Sons by 

 adoption, if of equal caste with the sons begotten in wedlock, get equal 

 shares with them ; if of meaner caste, less. Dasond attaches to the portion 

 awarded ; but neither ddnd nor jttauri. 



Neither dasond-htsond nor jitaurt-hdrami attach in cases of action or 

 prosecutions for creating nuisance, or for injuring or destroying public 

 works of utility. 



In cases of slander, and assault and battery, (for which there can be no 

 civil action of damages) the offender suffers ddnd proportioned to his 

 offence ; the complainant does not pay jitaun or any tax whatever. 



§ 14. Rules of Evidence. 



Both in civil and criminal cases the court compels the attendance and 

 deposition in the usual way of the witnesses summoned by the accused. 

 As cases are heard and decided as soon as they occur, witnesses are 



* This jitaun, ostensible a present is in many cases actually a small fee or tax. Thus : 

 the party receives a turban worth two rupees and pays for it live rupees. But it is sometimes 

 really a present, when the prosecutor is poor and meritorious ; in which case it is rated to 

 cover his expenses during the prosecution, and to afford him a small reward to boot. H, 



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