A Digest of Mohummudan Law According to the Tenets of the Twelve Imams Compiled under the Superintendence of the Late Sir William Jones: Extended so as to Comprize the Whole of the Imameea Code of Jurisprudence in Temporal Matters and Translated from the Original Arabic by Order of the Supreme Government of Bengal with Notes Illustrative of the Decisions of Other Sects of Mohummudan Lawyers on Many Leading and Important Questions

A DIGEST OF MOHUMMUDAN LAW ACCORDING TO THE TENETS OF THE TWELVE IMAMS COMPILED UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF THE LATE SIR WILLIAM JONES EXTENDED SO AS TO COMPRIZE THE WHOLE OF THE IMAMEEA CODE OF JURISPRUDENCE; IN TEMPORAL MATTERS AND TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL ARABIC BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL; WITH NOTES. [...] REGARDING the file of houfes in the city of Mecca a doubt The rail houfcs in Mecca * The introduction of this fentence in the original digea and omiffion of the chapter. to which it has reference occafioned a dilemma on the at of the tranflator from which the ;patter has been relieved.. [...] Where on the other hand the crime was only accidental the option belongs to the owner of the flave of furrendering him to the offended perfon or of paying the ranfom.c for his offence that is of paying the fmallefl of two fums nam11 ly the full value of the Have or the eflabliflaed compenfation for 6 his crime: becaufe fhould the compenfation be lets than the value 4 6 the firft o [...] Upon the whole the validity or permanency of fale in this cafe mils upon the payment of the ranforn.either by The original owner or the 44 buyer; but fhould neither of them difcharge it when e-44 bracing the whole value the fate muff of neceffity be null; and 44 the payment of the ranfom by the buyer like the gratuitous difcharge of another's debt can only entitle him to recourfe 44 whe [...] Upon a' alto of milk the fame principle the fale of milk in theTudder is unlawful; eveis the udder; if combined -with a quantity already extracted; and alfo that of a d of the fkin the fkin wool or hair upon animals although united with forne wao' and hair upon animals ; likewife the fale other property ; likewife the Pale of what is in the womb of of what is in the womb any animal altho