History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.253.3

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boundaries between villages can be easily established by such signs as trees (growing on the border), streaks of chaff and coal (buried underground); deposits are entrusted to a person out of confidence for being preserved and not for enjoyment; idiots and minors are ignorant or incapable of understanding their rights; the king being engrossed in numerous state affairs may not be able in time to look into the question about possession of state properties; women on account of their ignorance and timidity may not assert their rights and a learned brāhmaṇa being devoted to learning, teaching and performance of rites and duties may have no time to go to law. In modern times also the law favours minors and other persons as indicated in the note below⁴⁷⁵. Kāt. (331-334 q. by Par. M. III. p. 148, Sm. C. II p. 69 which ascribes them to Nārada) prescribes that in the case of a *brahmacāri*, engaged in his vow of veda study extending over 36 years, and in the case of a man who remains in a foreign country in pursuit of wealth, enjoyment extending over 50 years will alone make him lose his property by the possession of another; that when a person has been a student for a shorter period than 36 years he may get longer additional periods proportionately and that when a person is in jail time does not run against him.