Orphan
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minors · orphan · orphans
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Against Nausimachus and Xenopeithes (Greek)
They were orphans and young, and you were ignorant of their real characters;
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Against Nausimachus and Xenopeithes
Wards who may sue guardians within the statutory period; the opponents once held this sympathetic status.
They were orphans and young, and you were ignorant of their real characters;
Else it would be an outrageous thing, if for original wrongdoings the law does not allow suit to be brought by orphans after five years against guardians who have not been released, but now in the twentieth year you are to maintain an action against us, the children of your guardians, for matters concerning which you did give them a release.
Now, men of the jury, that you may know that they not only have suffered no wrong in the present case, but that they are bringing suit in defiance of all your laws, I wish to cite to you this statute also, which expressly states that, if five years have elapsed and they have brought no suit, it is no longer permitted to orphans to bring suit regarding claims connected with guardianship.
Āṅgirasa Smṛti
Orphans, whose presence at the śrāddha meal is treated as a disruptive condition.
if one knowingly eats with a menstruating woman or an orphan;