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tatsamo-an*. 
If a Complainant's second deposition in a Criminal Case contradicts 
the original memorial presented by him to the judge, he will be 
branded on the forehead anti be gonged through the Streets. In a 
Civil Case he will only forfeit his suit. 
Parties may compromise a suit already commenced, provided the 
proposition for it has been made by the Defendant, otherwise the 
suit goes on, and judgment is passed, and the Complainant who thus 
proposed a compromise will be precluded from again producing his 
suit in Court. 
Complaints will be rejected should it appear that an uncalled for 
delay of three months, or longer, has been incurred in filing them. 
Forty days will in all ordinary cases be deemed a sufficient interval, 
and in extraordinary eases three years will be admitted. The law 
varies on tins head, and it opens a path of corruption anti chicanery 
which its officers know' how to take full advantage of. 
Persons having had complaints or suits settled in a competent Court 
will be lined if they take, them to one w ithin another jurisdiction, the 
right of appeal being .still available. 
Persons having lost property by thieves must prefer their com¬ 
plaints within ten months at farthest after the loss has been sustain¬ 
ed. 
A female suitor may employ as agents or advocates any one within 
the 32 degrees of kin. 
If married, the husband's relatives connot act for her, and in like 
manner the husband requiring an advocate may not employ any one 
of his wife's relations, but one from amongst the 32 degrees of kin 
on his own side. 
If either Complainant or Defendant in a suit shall be found wear¬ 
ing a’ talisman or charm he will forfeit his suit. A Defendant will 
not be permitted to parry a complaint by a counter one. The ori¬ 
ginal matter having been discussed, his will be attended to. 
The parties" names are written down and decisions recorded, as a 
person who should appear oftencr than thrice as a complainant is 
treated as a litigious person. Should either party call a competent 
decision in question he will be punished, that is to say, should supe- 
