History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.52

v4.c63.52

*Saṇaṇa* and *apaṇa*—where both parties to the litigation or one of the parties stakes (either through pride or anger or belief in the truth of his case) a certain sum of money to be paid by him in case of his defeat, that is called *saṇaṇa* law-suit (Yāj. II. 18); in this case the defeated party will pay to the king the usual fine for a defeated party and also the sum staked by him and will deliver to the successful party what is due to him. Vide also Viṣṇudharmottara III. 324. 44. A lawsuit may also be *apaṇa* (without a stake being declared). Nār. (I. 4) employs the words *sottara* and *anuttara* for these two.