Administrative System of the Marathas c30.85

c30.85

Panchayet—its function, 350-351; its services in the administration of justice, 355; constitution of the Panchayet, 356-357; the nature and extent of its authority, 357-358; the nature of evidence before a Panchayet, 358-363; trial by ordeal, 363-368; Panchayet in criminal cases, 379-380; the probable antiquity of the Maratha village Panchayet, 566-567.