Chapter XI: 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