Excerpt from Principles of Hindu and Mohammadan Law, Republished From the Principles and Precedents of the Same

The acquisition of territory by the East India Company necessarily brought with it the obligation of providing for the security of person and property among those who had become subject to their rule: the local governments were accordingly authorized by Royal Charter in 1661, "to judge all persons belonging to the Governor and Company of the East Indies, or that should live under them, in all causes whether civil or criminal, according to the laws of the kingdom, and to execute judgment accordingly."

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