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therein, it also belongs to the owner of the land ; and let him pay three kine camlwrw to the king. [1]If a kiln pit be dug on another person's land without permission, let him who shall dig it pay four legal pence to the owner of the land, and three kine camlwrw to the king. [2]Whoever shall build a house on another person's land without his permission, let him pay three kine camlwrw to the king ; and the owner of the land shall have the house, and four legal pence for opening soil, if on the land the timber of the house was cut. If not cut on the land, let him swear with two men of the same status as himself; and let him cut away the house even with the surface of the ground, and let him take it away from his land before the end of the ninth day ; and if he do not take it, it belongs to the owner of the land.

[3]Whoever shall claim church land, it is not necessary for him to await a ninth day, but justice is open to him when he shall will. No one is to obtain on the part of a mother a principal homestead nor office if there be any one entitled thereto on the part of a father. It is right however for an heir on the part of a mother to have a share of land. [4]A woman who shall give herself up in bush and brake

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