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XI, X3.
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the district) and the rest shall also receive punish-
ment one by one : they shall have to pay the fine of
the first degree, if they make false statements.
*9. The boundary should not be fixed by one
man single-handed, though he be a reliable person.
This business should be entrusted to a plurality of
persons, because it is an affair of importance.
*10. Should a single man undertake to fix the
boundary, (he must do so) after having kept a fast,
in a collected frame of mind, wearing a garland of
red flowers and a (red) cloak, having strewed earth
on his head.
* 11. Should there be no persons conversant (with
the true state of the question) and no boundary
marks, then the king himself shall fix the boundary
between the two estates, as he thinks best.
12. According to this rule let all contests be
decided in regard to houses, gardens, reservoirs of
water, sanctuaries and the rest, as well as the space
intermediate between two villages.
*13. When trees have grown on the boundary
(or ridge) separating two contiguous fields, the fruits
and blossoms shall be assigned to the owners of the
two fields in common.
9. According to the Viramitrodaya (p. 458), this prohibition
in regard to the determination of the boundary by a single man,
has reference to those only who are not acceptable to both parties
and unacquainted with the law.
10. Manu VIII, 256; Yagdiavalkya II, 152.
11. In default of neighbours and other persons conversant with
the state of the matter, and of trees and other boundary marks, the
king shall fix the boundary of his own accord. He shall distribute
the ground intermediate between the two villages, which has become
the subject of a contest, between the two litigant parties, and fix
landmarks between the two. Viramitrodaya, p. 460. Manu VIII,
265 ; Yagnavalkya II, 153.
BOUNDARY DISPUTES.
157
the district) and the rest shall also receive punish-
ment one by one : they shall have to pay the fine of
the first degree, if they make false statements.
*9. The boundary should not be fixed by one
man single-handed, though he be a reliable person.
This business should be entrusted to a plurality of
persons, because it is an affair of importance.
*10. Should a single man undertake to fix the
boundary, (he must do so) after having kept a fast,
in a collected frame of mind, wearing a garland of
red flowers and a (red) cloak, having strewed earth
on his head.
* 11. Should there be no persons conversant (with
the true state of the question) and no boundary
marks, then the king himself shall fix the boundary
between the two estates, as he thinks best.
12. According to this rule let all contests be
decided in regard to houses, gardens, reservoirs of
water, sanctuaries and the rest, as well as the space
intermediate between two villages.
*13. When trees have grown on the boundary
(or ridge) separating two contiguous fields, the fruits
and blossoms shall be assigned to the owners of the
two fields in common.
9. According to the Viramitrodaya (p. 458), this prohibition
in regard to the determination of the boundary by a single man,
has reference to those only who are not acceptable to both parties
and unacquainted with the law.
10. Manu VIII, 256; Yagdiavalkya II, 152.
11. In default of neighbours and other persons conversant with
the state of the matter, and of trees and other boundary marks, the
king shall fix the boundary of his own accord. He shall distribute
the ground intermediate between the two villages, which has become
the subject of a contest, between the two litigant parties, and fix
landmarks between the two. Viramitrodaya, p. 460. Manu VIII,
265 ; Yagnavalkya II, 153.