89/92 65.)] [Footnote 37: The ordeal is called _divyam_ (_pram[=a][n.]am_) 'Gottesurtheil.' This means of information is employed especially in a disputed debt and deposit, and according to the formal code is to be applied only in the absence of witnesses. The code also restricts the use of fire, water, and poison to the slaves (Y[=a]j. _Alter und Herkunft des Germanischen Gottesurtheils_, p.50.We call especial attention to the fact that the most striking coincidences in details of practice are not early either in India or Germany.] [Footnote 39: Schlagintweit, _Die Gattesurtheile der Indier_, p. 24.] [Footnote 40: This is the earliest formula. |