Manusmriti
साक्ष्यभावे तु चत्वारो ग्रामाः सामन्तवासिनः । सीमाविनिर्णयं कुर्युः प्रयता राजसंनिधौ ॥ २५८ ॥
On failure of witnesses (from the two villages, men of) the four neighbouring villages, who are pure, shall make (as witnesses) a decision concerning the boundary in the presence of the king.
english translation
sAkSyabhAve tu catvAro grAmAH sAmantavAsinaH । sImAvinirNayaM kuryuH prayatA rAjasaMnidhau ॥ 258 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptसाक्ष्यभावे तु चत्वारो ग्रामाः सामन्तवासिनः । सीमाविनिर्णयं कुर्युः प्रयता राजसंनिधौ ॥ २५८ ॥
On failure of witnesses (from the two villages, men of) the four neighbouring villages, who are pure, shall make (as witnesses) a decision concerning the boundary in the presence of the king.
english translation
sAkSyabhAve tu catvAro grAmAH sAmantavAsinaH । sImAvinirNayaM kuryuH prayatA rAjasaMnidhau ॥ 258 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript