of the Madras Literary Society luT 



But if lie is gone 9 or 10 years, it may be given to another person Pages, 

 to live on, still, if lie lias planted fruit-trees, or made 



embankments, he must be paid for them...... 35 



A person's begging a residence for 1 or 2 years.. 35 



Do. for a longer time than 3 years 36 



Section I. A person takes up and cultivates waste grounds, his 



taxes remitted for one year 37,38 



Section II. Clearing uncultivated lands which have an owner — 



and then claiming them 38 



Sect ion III. The Donor of a house, &c. can reclaim it after the 

 Donees death, but if bother (sic : leg, both the) Donor 



and Donee are dead the Donor's relatives cannot 38,39 



Section IV. Renting water privileges^, under 3 years or over 39,40 



Section V. Renting a house, &c. for 1, 2, 3 or more years 40 



Section VI. Renting paddy fields 41 



Section VII. Failure of engagements in rents 41,42 



Section VIII. Mortgaged lands 42,43 



Section IX. Selling lands, which afterwards are claimed by ano- 

 ther person 43 



Section X. Buying water privileges fields, &c. for a limited 



period with a deed 43 



Section XI. Recording deeds 4^ 



Section XII. Regarding the claims to property given by the 



King 44,45 



Chapter 2nd. 



Intrenchments on others rights 45 



Section I- Purchases where the person intrenched upon knows 



it, and fails to notify 45,46 



Section II. The person notified is obstinate 46,47 



Section III. Hedging a person in by building on both sides of 



him to his serious detriment 48,49 



Section IV. Intrenching where no serious consequences follow. 49,50 

 Section V. When the trespasser (sic) is uncertain about his 



trespass (sic) 50 



Section VI. Intrenching, breaking fences, building on others 



ground 50 >5 1 



Section VII. Falling trees— on another's ground burning, fields, 



gardens... , 5L 



Chap. 3rd. 



Of pretences to others property > 52,53 



Section I. Father, mother, uncle or aunts taking one's property 



and pawning or mortgaging it 5 4, 5 5 



Section II. Pawning for a limited time.., 56 



{a) ¥rom this expression we may perhaps conclude that the scribe, Mr. J. T. Jones, 

 was an American — Ed 



