[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896) › c8.17 # Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c8.17 Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c8.17 - **Language:** English ### [c8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.17) Moreover, it is essential that the possession should continue without any interruption; usucaption takes place only if it can be proved by means of documents and witnesses that the house or field in question was not \*chinnabhoga\*, i. e. its possession was not interrupted (Bṛh. 9, 15; Nār. 13, 48). Certain categories of proprietors enjoy this benefit of law that their property cannot in general be lost through prescription; this advantage is enjoyed by princes and their officers, women, Śrotriyas and ascetics besides minors and halfwitted persons, already mentioned above (Gaut. 12, 38; Y. 2, 25; Bṛh. 9, 21 etc.). Prescription of course does not apply to a property which has been lent, deposited or mortgaged (Vas. 16, 18; Nār. 1, 81, etc.) and female slaves (M. 8, 149 etc.) are not lost through adverse possession; this law is perhaps meant for the concubines who are said to remain with their master even at a partition of property (Gaut. 28, 47). - [Previous: c8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.16) - [Next: c8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.18) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8) ## Cites (6) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.149) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.vasistha.16.18) — Vasiṣṭha, Sanskrit - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.2.25) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Gautamadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.gautama.12.38) — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit - [Bṛhaspatismṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.brhaspati) — Bṛhaspati, Sanskrit - [Nāradasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada) — Nārada, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.17) · Pramāṇa