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# The Law Code of Nārada m1.10

Nāradasmṛti m1.10

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [m1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada.m1.10)

dharmaś ca vyavahāraś ca caritraṃ rājaśāsanam /  
catuṣpād vyavahāro 'yam uttaraḥ pūrvabādhakaḥ //

> Virtue, a judicial proceeding, documentary evidence, and an edict from the king are the four feet of a lawsuit. Each following one is superior to the one previously named.  
> — Julius Jolly 1889, The Minor Law-Books, Part I: Nārada, Bṛhaspati

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## Translations (1)

- [The Minor Law-Books, Part I: Nārada, Bṛhaspati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada~en-jolly.m1.10) — Julius Jolly 1889, English

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