Manu 8.182
साक्षिअभावे प्रणिधिभिर् वयोरूपसमन्वितैः । अपदेशैश् च संन्यस्य) हिरण्यं तस्य तत्त्वतः ॥
sākṣi.abhāve praṇidhibhir vayo.rūpa.samanvitaiḥ | apadeśaiś ca saṃnyasya) hiraṇyaṃ tasya tattvataḥ ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
On failure of witnesses let the (judge) actually deposit gold with that (defendant) under some pretext or other through spies of suitable age and appearance (and afterwards demand it back).
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.