Document
object · 3 works · 4 mentions · 8 anchored passages
document · document of victory · written document · bond · deed · document of agreement · document of boundaries · document of purification · royal document · sealed deposit document
spoken of as
1 expressionDocuments“general legal category”1 mention
Bṛhaspati Smṛti (Sanskrit)
A deed of gift, a partition deed, and likewise a boundary deed, a deed of sale, a bond of servitude, and then a mortgage deed.
in the texts
Bṛhaspati Smṛti
A royal document issued to the winning party in a lawsuit, recording the proceedings and bearing the royal seal.
When the king, at the end of the plaint, reply, proof, and decision, gives a document to the victor, that is called a document of victory.
Whatever happened in the legal dispute, the plaint, reply, and so on, containing the proof and the final decision, the document of victory should record it all.
and furnished with the royal seal, it is desired to be a document of victory.
Kātyāyana Smṛti
A written instrument (of one's own hand or another's, with or without witnesses) used as a primary means of legal proof, subject to rules of validity, forgery, and purification.
A document, witnesses, and possession are known as the three kinds of evidence.
A document, witnesses, and possession are held to be the three kinds of evidence.
A document, witnesses, and possession are desired as the three kinds of evidence.
Nāradasmṛti
A written legal instrument used as evidence in disputes, subject to rules of validity, forgery, and replacement.
In cases of documents that are torn, damaged, stolen, effaced, lost, or badly written, another document should be made;
When a document has been deposited in another country, or has been burnt, badly written, or stolen, if it existed, a new one should be made at that time;
A document whose contents have not been heard or seen, and which is made merely for the sake of a legal proceeding, does not attain validity, even if the witnesses are alive.