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A case in which there can be no question at all 

 (as to the right of the land-owner) is the case of a 

 kampong (orchard or plantation) or dusun (grove or 

 tope) which is granted by the Raja or Mantri to an 

 individual. Regarding the Bandahara and Chiefs, 

 however, if one of them grants a kampong to a person 

 and nothing is known of it by the Raja until the case 

 of the cultivating-proprietor is represented to him, or 

 if any Chief takes the kampong or dusun of any per- 

 son and grants it to another and the proprietor re- 

 presents the matter to the Raja and the Raja con- 

 firms the grant, the proprietor of the kampong has no 

 further cause of action, for the thing has been done 

 with the knowledge of the Raja. The end. 



[Hypothecation of Land. Recovery of Land, &c, wrongfully 

 taken. Malacca Code.] 



To declare the law regarding the hypothecation 

 of dusuns (groves of fruit-trees). Now hypothecation 

 is of two kinds, the first is harus (" lawful "), the se- 

 cond is ganda harus ("lawful to double "). 



If a man hypothecates a dusun (grove of fruit- 

 trees) or a kampong planted with fruit-trees to the 

 Raja, and the trees do not bear fruit while in the pos- 

 session of the bailee during the whole time of his 

 possession, even though he wait for years, the creditor 

 may claim double his money. 



Property in respect of which this doubling can- 

 not take place is a grove of cocoa-nut or betel-nut or 

 other similar trees. The law is that ganda does not 

 apply to these, and should the creditor claim it, in- 



