BOOK X.

CONCERNING PARTITION, LIMITATION AND BOUNDARIES.

TITLE I.--_Concerning Partition, and Lands Conveyed by Contract._

I. A Partition Once Made, shall Remain Forever in Force 334

II. No Partition Made Between Brothers shall be Revoked, Even if it was not Made in Writing but Only in the Presence of a Competent Witness 334

III. Where a Partition is Made Among Many Persons by the Majority and those Entitled to the Larger Share, it shall not be Changed by any Act of the Minority 334

IV. One Heir shall have the Right to Act for all the Others, either as Plaintiff or Defendant 335

V. Where Anyone Violates a Contract Establishing a Partition, and Seizes a Portion of the Property 335

VI. Where an Heir Plants a Vineyard, or Erects a House, on Land Belonging to his Co-Heirs 336

VII. Where one Person Plants a Vineyard on the Land of Another, to which he has no Title 336

VIII. Concerning the Division of Lands Made Between Goths and Romans 337

IX. Concerning Forests Still Undivided Among Goths and Romans 337

X. Whatever Acts a Slave may Perform, without the Order of his Master, shall be Void, except when Otherwise Provided by Law 337

XI. Whoever Enters upon Land under a Lease, must Comply with his Contract 337

XII. Where Lands are Leased, by a written Contract, for a Term of Years 338

XIII. Where he who Rents Land under Contract, Cultivates a Greater Area than he has a Right to do, under the Conditions of the Same 338

XIV. Where a Dispute Arises Between Landlord and Tenant, Concerning Arable Lands, or Forests, which are Leased 339

XV. Both Tenants must Pay the Rent for Land which has been Sublet 339

XVI. Where Goths have Appropriated any of the Third Part of Land Belonging to Romans, they shall Restore the Entire Amount to the Romans, under Order of Court 339

XVII. Concerning the Partition of Property Among the Blood-Relatives of Slaves, and the Distribution of their Personal Estates 340

XVIII. All Personal Property shall be Classed under One Title 341

XIX. Where a Contract is not Complied With according to its Terms 341

TITLE II.--_Concerning the Limitations of Fifty and Thirty Years._

I. After the Lapse of Fifty Years, Neither Goths nor Romans can Assert a Claim to Property 343

II. No Fugitive Slave shall be Again Reduced to Servitude, after the Lapse of Fifty Years 343

III. No Suit at Law shall be Brought Thirty Years After the Cause of Action has Arisen 343

IV. The Limitation of Thirty Years shall Run in all Cases Excepting those where Slaves of the Crown are Concerned 344

V. Concerning Claims made within Thirty Years 344

VI. The Limitation of Thirty Years shall not Run while Persons are Exiled 346

VII. Within what Time Slaves Belonging to the Crown can Again be Reduced to Slavery 347

TITLE III.--_Concerning Boundaries and Landmarks._

I. How Boundaries and Landmarks shall be Preserved 348

II. Concerning the Destruction and Removal of Landmarks 348

III. What is to be Done when a Dispute Arises Concerning Boundaries 348

IV. Where One Person makes a Claim to Land Included within the Boundaries of Another 349

V. Where any Change was made in the Boundaries of Land During the Time of the Romans, no Claim Based upon Other Boundaries shall Prevail 350