DEEDS

Written deeds are, according to Muḥammadan law, of three kinds: I. Mustabīn-i-marsūm , or regular documents, such as are executed on paper, and have a regular title, superscription, ., which are equivalent to oral declaration, whether the person be present or absent. II. Mustabīn-i-ghair-i-marsūm , or irregular documents, such as are not written on paper, but upon a wall or the leaf of a tree, or upon paper without any title or superscription or signature. III. Ghair-i-mustabīn , writings which are not documents in any sense, such as are delineated in the air or in the water by the motions of a dumb person.