[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924) › c45.30 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c45.30 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c45.30 - **Language:** English ### [c45.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c45.30) § 329. In theory the king always presided over the court, whether he was present there or not.¹ The decree given under the seal of the court was called a document given by the king. When a man was summoned to attend the court it was supposed that the king called him. The language of the law-books invariably employs the word ‘king’ as doing all matters of legal execution, and the commentators explain that the ‘king’ there means only the officer. - [Previous: c45.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c45.29) - [Next: c45.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c45.31) - [Up: c45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c45) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c45.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c45.30) · Pramāṇa