Zend Avesta Part 03

SR No.: 007673
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: L H Mills
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1887
Total Pages: 2618
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 49 MB

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RULES OF PROCEDURE ; Arrest.
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*53. Cowherds engaged in tending cattle; cultivators in the act of cultivation; artizans, while engaged in their own occupations ; soldiers, during warfare;
*54. One who has not yet arrived at years of discretion; a messenger; one about to give alms ; one fulfilling a vow; one harassed by difficulties : a person belonging to any of these categories must not be arrested, nor shall the king summon him
(before a court of justice). · * 55. One accused of an offence must not lodge
a plaint himself, unless he have refuted the charge raised by the other party. Neither (is he allowed to accuse) one who has already been accused by a different party. It is wrong to strike one again who has already been struck (by another).
56. When he has proffered a charge, he must not
53, 54. 'One who has not yet arrived at years of discretion,' i.e. a boy. 'A messenger,' whether employed in the affairs of the king, or by a private person. One about to give alms,' at one of the
Parvan' days (the days of the four changes of the moon). One fulfilling a vow,' performing a special religious observance. One harassed by difficulties,' i.e. one who has been befallen, at the time being, by a calamity from the king or from fate. All persons in any such situation must not be arrested. A.
55. The defendant, after having been accused by the plaintiff, must not proffer a counter plaint against the plaintiff, without having previously cleared himself of the charge raised against himself, because two different causes cannot be tried at one and the same time. Neither must a new plaint be lodged against one who has already been impeached by another, because one already hit must not be hit again. If a deer has been first hit by one huntsman, and is again hit by another hunter, the effort of the latter is to no purpose. The first huntsman may justly claim the deer, and not the second. A. Yâgħavalkya II, 9.
56. He must not alter the charge,' as e. g. by claiming a larger or a smaller sum afterwards than he had done before If e. g. after
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