[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v3.c44.83 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c44.83 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c44.83 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c44.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c44.83) Property dedicated to a god is called 'devottara' (the word being written as \*debutter\* in the Law Reports, particularly from Bengal). \*Vide Sham Charan Nandi v. Abhiram Goswami\*, 33 Cal. 511 at p. 523. A good deal of litigation comes up to the courts about the rights and liabilities of the trustees and the \*sevakas\* (called \*Shebait\* in Bengal), about their mismanagement of the temple properties and their removal and so forth. - [Previous: v3.c44.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c44.82) - [Next: v3.c44.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c44.84) - [Up: v3.c44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c44) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c44.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c44.83) · Pramāṇa