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9.71. Let no prudent man, after giving his daughter to one (man), give her again to another; for he who gives
(his daughter) whom he had before given, incurs (the guilt of) speaking falsely regarding a human being.
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9.72. Though (a man) may have accepted a damsel in due form, he may abandon (her if she be) blemished,
diseased, or deflowered, and (if she have been) given with fraud.
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9.73. If anybody gives away a maiden possessing blemishes without declaring them, (the bridegroom) may
annul that (contract) with the evil-minded giver.
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9.74. A man who has business (abroad) may depart after securing a maintenance for his wife; for a wife, even
though virtuous, may be corrupted if she be distressed by want of subsistence.
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9.75. If (the husband) went on a journey after providing (for her), the wife shall subject herself to restraints in
her daily life; but if he departed without providing (for her), she may subsist by blameless manual work.
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9.76. If the husband went abroad for some sacred duty, (she) must wait for him eight years, if (he went) to
(acquire) learning or fame six (years), if (he went) for pleasure three years.
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9.77. For one year let a husband bear with a wife who hates him; but after (the lapse of) a year let him deprive
her of her property and cease to cohabit with her.
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9.78. She who shows disrespect to (a husband) who is addicted to (some evil) passion, is a drunkard, or
diseased, shall be deserted for three months (and be) deprived of her ornaments and furniture.
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9.79. But she who shows aversion towards a mad or outcast (husband), a eunuch, one destitute of manly
strength, or one afflicted with such diseases as punish crimes, shall neither be cast off nor be deprived of her
property.
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9.80. She who drinks spirituous liquor, is of bad conduct, rebellious, diseased, mischievous, or wasteful, may at
any time be superseded (by another wife).
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