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 should be taken from a righteous source;
A debtor may also satisfy the creditor by labor;
The paternal debt must be paid first, and afterwards one's own;
Kātyāyana Smṛti
The person owing a debt, subject to a graduated set of coercive recovery procedures balanced by protections against creditor abuse.
He should be released without bonds, or bound only by an oath.
At mealtime and at night, the surety remains responsible for his confinement.
## Deliberation on the Recovery of Wealth from a Debtor by Confinement and Other Means