Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c8.111

c8.111

Inadmissible sureties. The choice of a surety should never fall on such persons who on account of their position and qualifications or on account of their special connections with the debtor or the creditor cannot qualify themselves for going bail. For this reason, e. g. dependants, royal officers, ascetics, unpropertied or unknown persons, friends or enemies are excluded. Near relations too cannot stand surety for one another if they live on a joint property.