Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland

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Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1830), 2:166-196 Cambridge University Press
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IX. On Hindu Courts of Justice

Henry Thomas Colebrooke Esq.

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The composition of an Indian court of justice, conformably with the ancient Hindu institutions, being very imperfectly understood, and many erroneous notions having become prevalent on this subject, it appears to deserve a more full investigation than it has yet undergone; and, with this view, I submit to the Society the result of a careful perusal of original authorities of Hindu law relating to that point.