Debtor
group · 2 works · 2 mentions · 4 anchored passages
debtor · borrower · person to be cleared · the accused
in the texts
Bṛhaspati Smṛti
One who owes money or property to a creditor, subject to varied methods of legal compulsion and classes of liability.
A debt that has been admitted should be made to be paid by means of *dharma*, stratagem, force, and confinement to the house, and by the methods of conciliation and so on.
When a debtor is brought to one's own house and made to pay by means of beating and other methods, that is called force.
When a debtor is made to pay his debt by binding his wife, son, or cattle, and by sitting at his door, that is called customary procedure.
Kātyāyana Smṛti
The person owing a debt, subject to a graduated set of coercive recovery procedures balanced by protections against creditor abuse.
A creditor may recover the wealth from a debtor by coercion and by confinement, after the debt has been established, first by gentle means, by work, and by legal process.
## Deliberation on the Recovery of Wealth from a Debtor by Confinement and Other Means
Where a creditor harasses a debtor who is acting according to law, he shall lose that amount and shall incur an equal fine.