Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthashastra of Kautilya), Vol. I c14.s1.54

Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthaśāstra of Kauṭilya), Vol. I c14.s1.54

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c14.s1.54

¹ In the case of an agreement with an आर्त (man in distress), though no contract with him can hold good at law, yet we find that the law court makes him pay a sum fixed by experts (दण्डकल्पः) if he has already got any benefit from the other party. (See Arthaśāstra, Bk. III, p. 184, दण्डकल्पः.)

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Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit