XVI.
The following are thirty different cases of law-suits, viz.
1. Amra kádang, where one who is accused of theft, points at either another person or the accuser himself.
2. Kundáng chíri, where a person presents a paper to the court, with something additional written under the signature and date of it.
3. Meng'ámuk pung'gung, where a person destroys his property while he has a law-suit pending.
4. Mutúng památang, where a person, during the course of a law-suit, leaves his master or chief and goes to another.
5. Sána dénta, where a person concerned in a law-suit either magnifies or lessens the state of the case.
6. Ng'árika Pátra, where a person denies his own hand-writing.
7. Nídra permána, where a person, intending to kill another, goes and lives on terms of intimacy with him.
8. Dámar kitúdah, where a person, on first making a complaint of his own accord, brings evidence in support of it.
9. Ngaríka wárna, where a person has a law-suit, which another than his own chief is acquainted with the merits of.
10. Sírna ning jáya, where a person objects to his own witnesses.
11. Perlíga, where a person finds a thing and does not take it to some proper person where he lives.
12. Génti wátang, i. e. the case of a person who is the first to bring evidence.
13. Sudésit kemú, i. e. a thing belonging to two persons and found by a third; the point forthwith litigated, and decided in favour of the former, each of whom hopes to get it: the thing, however, cannot be restored to either, or to any of their relations; it must be appropriated for the purpose of assisting in defraying the expenses of the state.
14. Sáksi rumémbi, where a person first of all calls upon only one person as a witness, and afterwards, when the cause is decided, wishes to adduce further evidence.
15. Sasástra perálara, where a person presents a written statement of his grievances without a date to it.
16. Ang'ríka-rája, where a person engaged in a law-suit speaks hesitatingly, and at the same time refers to some respectable person for the truth of what he would assert.
17. Chini ropáti, where a person acts in a compulsory manner towards the people or relations of another.
18. Kápra-lága, where a person, in reply to a question put to him, refers to one who is dead.
19. Abíndu páya, or the case of a breach of promise.
20. Níleb lúra, where the object of the law-suit is for the recovery of duties, or any thing else a long time due.
21. Madót ráketan, when of two witnesses in favour of any litigating party, one is not forthcoming at the time of trial.
22. Sámbung wátan téper, where a person prefers a complaint of a specific nature, and afterwards superadds other circumstances.
23. Ting'gal pergán, where a person concerned in a law-suit remains quiet and keeps himself back.
24. Páncha perkása, where those engaged in a law-suit display rage and cunning.
25. Anára wichána, where before a case is decided, a constant intercourse is held with the Jáksa by one of the parties.
26. Percháya-rasi, where a person prosecuted before the court points out the love and regard which some great man has for him.
27. Katóya rasa, where a person, while his case is pending, makes presents to the Jáksa.
28. Kasúria chándra miráda wachána, where a person refuses to abide by the sentence of the Jáksa.
29. Katóya rása úpaya, where a person, before his cause is decided, makes a present of something to the Raja, the Bopáti, and Panghúlu.
30. Kasábda malícha permána, where a person denies what he has once publicly declared.
With respect to the thirty foregoing cases, it will be for the Jáksa to consider and determine when a law-suit can, and when it cannot, be instituted.