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 twenty-four men so that an even number comes from every cymwd of the same cantrev, and the accuser shall not be able to do anything against him. And this law is called a full denial against a full information.

This is how one is to accuse of theft legally: seeing the person from daylight to twilight with the thing stolen, and the accuser swearing together with three men of the same status as himself at the gate of the churchyard, and at the door of the church, and over the sacred altar.

If an informer under a sacred vow with the witness of the priest (periglawr ), comes with the person robbed into the presence of the priest (offeirat) to the church, let the priest desire the informer at the door of the church for God's sake not to swear falsely; and if he swears there, he does likewise at the door of the chancel, and the third time above the altar; and if the person denies after (dros) that, let the priest confirm it on his word thrice; and if the person does not believe it, let the priest swear once and thus it is not possible to go against him.

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