Assessors
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assessors · court assessors · family councils · sabhāsad · sabhāsads · the learned men
in the texts
Bṛhaspati Smṛti
The panel of court officials who assist the king in judging, recording pleas, and admonishing witnesses.
They should be admonished by the assessors, who know the meaning of the treatises on *dharma*, with words of praise for truth and condemnation of falsehood.
When the defendant is brought at the same time, in the presence of the assessors, one should then have the reply written down, matching the words of the plaint.
For those who stand by their plea, the determination is made by the assessors;
Kātyāyana Smṛti
A body of learned, wealthy, truthful court members who assist in judgment and are held personally liable for unrighteous decisions.
If, while a matter is yet undecided, the Chief Judge converses in private with a litigant, he should be punished, and the assessors even more so.
with assessors who are steadfast, suitable, wise, of hereditary standing, and foremost among the twice-born;
The court assessors should not overlook a proceeding that has begun unrighteously.