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flower, or fruit are enumerated. 2. ©cootf'eEdo wiharatthan : 

 priest's residences, with the furniture, &c 3. oStejxyx&o 

 khettatthan, fields, ground for tillage of all kinds together 

 with the produce. 4. 8^<$tf£)o orchards and their produce. 

 The law relative to produce is similar to that for property 

 beneath the ground, on the surface, or suspended as enume- 

 rated in the first four clauses. Relative to property in the 

 soil, the law is, to lay an unjust claim, knowing it to be such 

 whether before a chapter of the priests, before arbitrators or 

 before a court of law, is gas5*s>£ ; to enforce it so as to dis- 

 turb the owner in his quiet possession, is £| agg)^ ; to cause 

 the owner to give up possession, or to gain a decision (the 

 claim being an unjust one) before the arbitrators or judges, 

 is Z3'j&£e® ; but if the case be decided against the false 

 claimant so that he does not obtain possession, it is f§<§(g>©c3. 



Moveable property whether in inhabited places Gftoi^bo or 

 in places uninhabited qntf <s?^^o, the law is similar to the 

 first cases: viz., to touch g<*?xs>©, to shake ^33©e3, to re- 

 move C3J<J)??«5). 



The laws relative to the other kinds of property mentioned, 

 are similar to those already recited. Under the class of 

 Conspiracies to rob, it may be observed, that the engagement 

 must be attended to even to the letter, or all the parties are 

 not guilty : thus, one priest instigates another to commit 

 a robbery, the act of instigating, whether the robbery take 

 place or otherwise is g«^0; if the robbery take place at 

 the time and place appointed, both the instigator and thief 

 are <s)i ; but if it be committed either before or after 



the time appointed, or in any other place than that specified, 

 the thief alone is &>&&ea9 9 the instigator only g cs^D, 



When there are many confederates, the whole must pro- 

 ceed in the order laid down, or the instigator is not guilty 

 of e33d5s? as>, thus: — A, B« C. and D. conspire to steal. A 

 commands B to tell C to inform D that he must steal certain 



