Manu 8.55
असंभाष्ये साक्षिभिश् च देशे संभाषते) मिथः । निरुच्यमानं प्रश्नं च न-इच्छेद्) यश् च-अपि निष्पतेत्) ॥
a.saṃbhāṣye sākṣibhiś ca deśe saṃbhāṣate) mithaḥ | nirucyamānaṃ praśnaṃ ca na-icched) yaś ca-api niṣpatet) ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Or who converses with the witnesses in a place improper for such conversation; or who declines to answer a question, properly put, or leaves (the court);
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.