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judge does not acknowledge the debt: if it be ascertained that he is really so indebted, let him be fined double the amount of the debt" (Archer's Translation of Siamese Laws on Debts, page 9).
The forgoing texts which have been quoted somewhat at random from the Hindu code of Manu and the ancient laws o⟨f⟩ Siam will, it is hoped, have been sufficient to show that the ancient laws of Siam are of Hindu origin and belong to that group of laws which may be called the Hindu law system—a proposition which is admitted and taken for granted by every one, but which curiously enough no one has ever undertaken to prove before.
Tokichi Masao.
