111. Thus speaking, he shall eat of poison produced by the Sringa tree, of the Himálaya. Whoever is able to digest this without evil effect, shall be declared innocent.
112. Let the judge, adoring terrible deities, and taking of the water in which [their images] have been bathed, adjure it, and cause [the accused] to drink off three times the contents of his palms.
113. He to whom, within fourteen days from this [ordeal], no great calamity happens, either from the monarch or by act of God, shall without doubt be [held] guiltless.
114. A father when making partition [of his property], can divide it among his sons as he pleases; either giving to the eldest the best share or in such wise that all share equally.[175]
115. If he give equal shares, such of his wives as have not received stridhana from their husband or father-in-law shall also equally share.[176]
116. If one have means, and do not desire [to share in the paternal estate], he shall be separated, something trifling being given to him.[177] A distribution by a father in smaller or larger shares, if in accordance with the Śástras, is lawful.[178]
117. After decease of the parents, let the sons make equal division of the property and of the debts.[179] And so the daughters, of what is left of the mother's [stridhana], after [paying] her debts; and, if there be no daughters, the sons or others of the family [being heirs, take it].
118. What has been self-acquired by any one, as an increment, without diminishing the paternal estate, likewise a gift from a friend or a marriage-gift, does not belong to the coheirs.[180]
119. If one have recovered ancestral property which had been purloined, he has not to give it up to the coheirs;[181] nor shall a man share the earnings of science.[182]