Manu 8.47
अधमर्णार्थसिद्ध्यर्थम् उत्तमर्णेन चोदितः । दापयेद्) धनिकस्य-अर्थम् अधमर्णाद् विभावितम् ॥
adhamarṇārthasiddhyartham uttamarṇena coditaḥ | dāpayed) dhanikasya-artham adhamarṇād vibhāvitam ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
When a creditor sues (before the king) for the recovery of money from a debtor, let him make the debtor pay the sum which the creditor proves (to be due).
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.