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IX,
POSSESSION.
311
is not lost (to the owner) by mere force of posses-
sion, if the possessor stands to him in the relation
of a friend, relative, or kinsman.
12. Such wealth as is possessed by a son-in-law, a
learned Brahman, or by the king or his ministers,
does not become legitimate property for them after
the lapse of a very long period even.
13. Forcible means must not be resorted to by
the present occupant or his son, in maintaining
possession of the property of an infant, or of a
learned Brahman, or of that which has been legiti-
mately inherited from a father,
14. Nor (in maintaining possession) of cattle, a
woman, a slave, or other (property). This is a
legal rule.
15. If a doubt should arise in regard to a house
or field, of which its occupant has not held possession
uninterruptedly, he should undertake to prove (his
enjoyment of it) by means of documents, (the de-
positions of) persons knowing him as possessor,
and witnesses.
16. Those are witnesses in a contest of this kind
who know the name, the boundary, the title (of
acquisition), the quantity, the time, the quarter of
the sky, and the reason why possession has been
interrupted.
17. By such means should a question regarding
occupation and possession be decided in a contest
concerning landed property ; but in a cause in which
15-17. Viram. p. 222.
16. Read namagha/agamazra. ‘The title/ the cause of owner-
ship, such as gift. 1 The quantity/ of land. ‘ The quarter of the
sky/ a description of the region in which a certain estate is situated.
‘ The time/ at which the estate was acquired. TWarananda.
POSSESSION.
311
is not lost (to the owner) by mere force of posses-
sion, if the possessor stands to him in the relation
of a friend, relative, or kinsman.
12. Such wealth as is possessed by a son-in-law, a
learned Brahman, or by the king or his ministers,
does not become legitimate property for them after
the lapse of a very long period even.
13. Forcible means must not be resorted to by
the present occupant or his son, in maintaining
possession of the property of an infant, or of a
learned Brahman, or of that which has been legiti-
mately inherited from a father,
14. Nor (in maintaining possession) of cattle, a
woman, a slave, or other (property). This is a
legal rule.
15. If a doubt should arise in regard to a house
or field, of which its occupant has not held possession
uninterruptedly, he should undertake to prove (his
enjoyment of it) by means of documents, (the de-
positions of) persons knowing him as possessor,
and witnesses.
16. Those are witnesses in a contest of this kind
who know the name, the boundary, the title (of
acquisition), the quantity, the time, the quarter of
the sky, and the reason why possession has been
interrupted.
17. By such means should a question regarding
occupation and possession be decided in a contest
concerning landed property ; but in a cause in which
15-17. Viram. p. 222.
16. Read namagha/agamazra. ‘The title/ the cause of owner-
ship, such as gift. 1 The quantity/ of land. ‘ The quarter of the
sky/ a description of the region in which a certain estate is situated.
‘ The time/ at which the estate was acquired. TWarananda.