देव ब्राह्मण तपस्वि स्त्री बाल वृद्ध व्याधितानाम् अनाथानाम् अनभिसरतां धर्मस्थाः कार्याणि कुर्युः, न च देश काल भोगच् छलेन अतिहरेयुः ॥
Such transactions as pertain to gods, Bráhmans, ascetics, women, minors, aged persons, diseased persons and helpless creatures shall, though not be complained of, be settled by the judges themselves; and in such transactions as the above, excuses due to time, place, or possession shall not be pleaded.