Manusmriti

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अथ मूलमनाहार्यं प्रकाशक्रयशोधितः । अदण्ड्यो मुच्यते राज्ञा नाष्टिको लभते धनम् ॥ २०२ ॥

If the original (seller) be not producible, (the buyer) being exculpated by a public sale, must be dismissed by the king without punishment, but (the former owner) who lost the chattel shall receive it (back from the buyer).

english translation

atha mUlamanAhAryaM prakAzakrayazodhitaH | adaNDyo mucyate rAjJA nASTiko labhate dhanam || 202 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript