Boundary Dispute
event · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
boundary · boundary dispute · boundary-marks
in the texts
Bṛhaspati Smṛti
The legal proceeding to resolve disputed boundaries between villages, fields, or houses.
If there should be a doubt even when the signs are seen, the determination of the boundary in a dispute would be by the evidence of witnesses.
In the absence of neighbors as boundary witnesses, he should question these men who roam the forest.
In the absence of witnesses, four inhabitants of the village boundaries should make the determination of the boundary, being purified in the king's presence.
Manusmṛti
A formal dispute between villages or landholders over land boundaries, resolved through markers, witness testimony, and royal judgment.
When a dispute has arisen between two villages concerning a boundary, he should settle the boundary in the month of Jyeshtha, when the boundary marks are most visible.
If there should be doubt even on the evidence of the marks, the decision in a boundary dispute must be based on the testimony of witnesses.
By these marks, the king should settle the boundary between two disputing parties;