Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c8.181

c8.181

§ 33. *Law of commerce and companies.* In the law of trade which is wholly a later development the purchase upon trial strikes us first of all. The buyer may and should personally examine the wares closely and show them to others before the purchase is regarded as completed. What the test would be depends on the nature of the ware to be sold; it may be sold by tale e. g. betelnuts, or by weight such as gold or sandal wood, by measure such as grains, according to work such as ment for foul play. draughts animals, according to beauty such as female slaves, according to splendour or lustre such as a precious stones (Nār. 8, 3). The seller will be punished if he uses false weights, artificially covers any actual defects, mixes with oil, salt, corns etc. substances of less value, gives a false brilliance to precious stones, iron etc. or generally if he meretritiously attempts to raise the price of his wares or hands over quite a different article than was shown at first (M. 8, 203; Y. 2, 244—248; Nār. 8, 7; Bṛh. 18, 4 etc.).