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 brother. The status of the eldest brother is to take the dadannudd of the whole for his brothers ; and although they should come before him, they do not receive the dadannudd of the whole ; and if they take it, he may eject them therefrom if he wills it. If they make the demand jointly, they are to receive it jointly as stated above. It is not necessary to await a ninth day for deciding the boundary of land except when it shall be the will of the king and his gwrdas. Also it is not necessary to await a ninth day between a proprietor and a non-proprietor who shall hold land in opposition to him.

hree times is land to be shared among kinsmen : first among brothers ; then among cousins ; the third time among second cousins. Thenceforward, there is no proper sharing of land. When brothers share their father's trev among them, the youngest gets the principal homestead and eight erws and the whole stock and the boiler and the fuel hatchet and the coulter, since a father can neither give nor devise them except to the youngest son ; and although they be pledged, they never lapse. Then let every brother take a principal homestead and eight erws ; and the youngest son