Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c8.204

c8.204

The settlement of a disputed boundary is a ceremonious Ceremonies of settling boundaries. act in which the person or persons enjoying the confidence of both the disputing parties are called upon to do it ; they have to put on garlands of red flowers after fasting previously and wear a red mantle and strew earth on the head ; the boundary then fixed by them shall be regarded as definitive if the party entrusted with the charge does not fall into any misfortune within a short time (§ 27). If a royal servant finds an unclaimed property in a forest or elsewhere, the find should be proclaimed by beat of drum which generally accompanies all royal proclamations, so that the owner may announce himself (Medh. on M 8, 30). If anybody has borrowed money of a Brahman and if the Brahman and all his legitimate heirs are dead, he will have to throw the money into water (Nār. 1, 113) as also the king throws into water the money of a fine which he imposes unjustly (M. 9, 244; Y. 2, 307).