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Manusmriti 8.197

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.197

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Sanskrit

8.197

vikrīṇīte parasya svaṃ yo 'svāmī svāmyasammataḥ
na taṃ nayeta sākṣyaṃ tu stenam astenamāninam //

If anybody sells the property of another man, without being the owner and without the assent of the owner, the (judge) shall not admit him who is a thief, though he may not consider himself as a thief, as a witness (in any case).

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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