ܒܗܕܐܕܣܬܢܝܗ bhdʾdstnyh preferential right, legal advantage
MP weh-dādestānīh, a compound of MP weh good + dādestān judgement, justice, law; case, process (CPD 23; Nyberg 60) + -īh; cf. MP weh-dātastāntar having the preferential right, the legal advantage (Perikhanian 1997, 395). As regards the rendering of MP w- with Syr. and Talm. Aram. b- see § 11.3.5 ● Rechtsb. 3, 12, 25 ◆ LS 60b (who translates "praestatio pluris quam debitum"); cf. Nyberg 153, s.v. passand surplus award