V O L . III.
Book XXIII. O f A gency.
Book X X IV . O f Claims.
In the former of thefe books nothing very remarkable occurs, the
laws with refpedt to agents being in general analogous to thofe which
obtain in our own courts.— Book X X IV . chiefly relates to the conduit of
fuits at law, and the rules to be obferved, in adminiftering oaths, &c.
It alfo comprehends much extraneous matter with refpedt to the various
fubjedts of fuits.— Chap. V . treats of a point already mentioned, namely,
the eftablijhment o f parentage. In all focieties where polygamy and concubinage
are allowed, this fubjedt mult neceflarily afford frequent ground
for litigation.
Book X X V . O f Ackowledgments.
It is only neceflary to remark of this, book, that Acknowledgment,
in the Mujfulman L aw, has the fame effect, in the eftablifhment or tranf-
fer of property, as a formal deed.
Book X X V l. O f Compositions.
Book X X V I I. O f Mozâribat.
T hose books contain a quantity of technical matter. Mo%âribat feems
to have been a device adopted in order to avoid the imputation- of ufury,
by
by which the monied man was enabled to obtain a profit from his capital
without the odium of receiving anym terefi upon it.— This fpecies of
contradt is in common ufe in Hindofan.
Book X X V III. O f Deposits.
Book XX IX . O f L oans.
Book X X X . O f Gifts,
T hese books chiefly confift of plain rules, applied to ordinary cafes.—
It is to be remarked, however, that th eMujfulman law, with refpedt to
o-ifts, differs confiderably from the Roman, in leaying to the donor an
unreftridted right o f refumption.
Book XX XI. O f Hire,
Is a bookof confiderable pradtical utility, as it comprehends every de-
feription of valuable ufufrudl, from the hire o f -land to that of a workman
or an animal.
Book XX XII. O f M O K A T lB S ,
Book XXXIII. O f W I L L A .
It is probable that many of the laws in thole books have now fallen
into difufe, or are confined to Arabia, Perßa, and Turkey. T h e privileges
and immunities o f W IL L A , however, füll obtain in all Mujfulman
countries, and are of confiderable confequence, as-involving many rights
liable to become fubjedts of litigation. T h e privilege allowed to a flave,
of covenanting for and purchafing his freedom, place the Mujfulman laws of
bondage in a ftriking, but not a difagreeable light,
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