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46 LAWS OF THE STANNARIES bedisposKssed be, that whatsoever tinner hath been in quiet ^^^ ^ ' possession of a tin-work by the space of a year and a day, by himself, his farmers, or workers, he ought not to be removed from- the possession, or dispossessed of his farm- tin by any command, order, sequestration, injunction, or other writ whatsoever, before that verdict shall be against him for the right Whoever finc of the tiu-work. And in case, where neither JI^ty(whcre party hath been in possession of quiet work- not^ajrearaoda ing a year and a day, but that the variance is umuSHdl about old right- and new pitch, We agree, ^' ^^'Vfi^ constitute, and ordain that the workers that to be tcquestfed. wcrc first in, and discovered the right, shall c^ya^*^: not be molested, but shall continue their croft's Case, K. posscssiou Until vcrdict shall be against them upon the tide ; but the farm in the interim, shall be sequestrated and deposited in mesne hands, to answer to him that shall recover by legal trial. 19. Any old 10. "We agree, constitute, and ordain that bounds new cut •/• , 1 /•• 1 by fraud shall be " auy owucr, partner, or keeper of bounds to the use of the for other men, shall suffer the said bounds old owners not , 1 1 « . 1 «  defrauding 5 to bc unrcnewcd, and so become void, and shall not first declare and give reasonable warning unto the rest of the owners, that he no longer will be keeper of them, willing them to look to the keeping of them, and offer • himself ready to shew them the four corners^ in that case, the new pitch shall enure, by way of remitter, to the behoof of the old owners, saving to such of them as were party or privy to the fraud, whose right shall ac- crue and be to the rest of the old owners. •ndtheprWiet And the keeper and every one, that shall be to the fraud to ^ .* 1 /••' 1 1 • ,1 /•

  • Meit 20 pounds party or privy to the fraud, bemg thereof

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