Manu 8.73
बहुत्वं परिगृह्णीयात्) साक्षिद्वैधे नराधिपः । समेषु तु गुणौत्कृष्टान् गुणिद्वैधे द्विजोत्तमान् ॥
bahutvaṃ parigṛhṇīyāt) sākṣidvaidhe narādhipaḥ | sameṣu tu guṇa.utkṛṣṭān guṇidvaidhe dvijottamān ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
On a conflict of the witnesses the king shall accept (as true) the (evidence of the) majority; if (the conflicting parties are) equal in number, (that of) those distinguished by good qualities; on a difference between (equally) distinguished (witnesses, that of) the best among the twice-born.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.