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 sion in opposition to the owner against his will and without judgment; or possession through the owner and in opposition to his heir against his will and without judgment ; or possession through a guardian and in opposition to the right proprietor against his will and without judgment. An owner is one having a sure title. A guardian is one who maintains or guards the title of another person. There are three kinds of status : natural status, and status of land, and status of office. There are three qualifications proper to every person : kind and status and heirship. Heirship however is according to status ; status according to kind ; kind according to the difference which may be between persons according to law, such as the difference between a king and a breyr, and between man and woman, and eldest and youngest.

our rhandirs are to be in the trev from which a king's gwestva shall be paid. Eighteen feet are to be in the length of the rod (gwyalen ) of Howel the Good; and eighteen such rods (lathen) are to be the length of the erw, and two rods the breadth. Three hundred and twelve such erws are to be in the rhandir between clear and brake, and wood and field, and wet and dry, except the gorvodtrev; and