[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) › v4.c63.656 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.656 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.656 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c63.656](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.656) According to all smṛti writers even the son, though he may have taken the ancestral estate, is not liable to pay certain debts of the father which are compendiously described as 'illegal or immoral' in the decisions of courts. Gaut.⁷⁵² XII. - [Previous: v4.c63.655](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.655) - [Next: v4.c63.657](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.657) - [Up: v4.c63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63) ## Cites (1) - [Gautamadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.gautama.12) — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.656](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.656) · Pramāṇa