are three kinds of prid on land : one is, a conservancy fee ; the second is, chattels which shall be given to augment land or its status ; the third is, the lawful labour which shall be done on the land whereby the land is improved. [1]No person is to demand re-sharing except the one who has not obtained a choice, since gwarthal does not harmonize with choice.[2]
[3]There are three lawful inheritances which remain secure to the inheritors. One is an inheritance by title on the part of parents. The second is an inheritance by lawful contract with the owner for worth. The third is an inheritance which shall be obtained by a lawful contract by the will of the owner without worth.
[4]By three means are land and soil to be sued for : through wrong possession ; and by dadannudd ; and by kin and descent. Though the suit for land may not succeed by the first means or by the second, it is to be obtained none the less slower than before by the third.
[5]There are three wrong possessions : posses-
- ↑ V 25 a 6
- ↑ The doubling of the word gwarthal in the text is due to confusion with the proverb which Sir John Rhŷs thinks may have run thus : ' Nyt oes gwarthal gwarthal gan dewis ', meaning ' Gwarthal with choice is not gwarthal at all '. Another form of the proverb is distinctly referred to and quoted in the texts amalgamated in the Anc. Laws I. 544.
- ↑ V 25 a 9
- ↑ V 25 a 16
- ↑ V 25 a 20
