Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c10.15

c10.15

Appeals too are preferred by the Sabhyas to the chief judge and by the latter to the king (Bṛh. 1, 30 f.), or by the village court to the city court and by the latter to the king (Pitam.). The commentators too distinguish between these three courts of appeal; on the other hand, Y. 2, 30, Nār. I, 1, 7 etc. are acquainted with only the two courts of the king's judge and of the king himself,—a state of things quite in conformity with the simpler circumstances of an older period.