Land Law
Land Law TextsA tractate in the laws of country in the law manuscripts, it discusses the ways of claiming land in Welsh law. In the Iorwerth texts there is a section outlining a case for land. It is likely that land law was conservative and out-of-date in the lawbooks.
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