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THE LAW OF THE WE8TGOTH8.
ÈÆTTA ÆR FORNÆMIS SAKIR
This treats of Unlawful acts.
1.
There are many kinds of unlawful acts. One is this, that a man takes
another man’s beast of burden out in the pasture without permission, and
drives or rides with it, then he is guilty of a fine of three sirteenörtugs.
2.
A man cuts down without permission an oaktree, that bears acorns, then
he is guilty of a fine of sir ore. He cute down three or more than three, then
it is a case of three sixteen-örtugs. Cuts he down young trees, then it is a case
of eight örtugs, unless the forest is placed under county protection. Then he
shall pay a fine of three sixteenörtugs.
1. One man meets another, who has timber loaded, he brings complaint
against him and claims the timber to be his and asks him to drive to the
stump, then he shall go with him. If he is guilty of the offence, pay eight
örtugs to the plaintiff alone for a young tree, and six öre for a fruitbearing tree.
If he refuses to drive to the stump, then it is lawlessness.
2. A man catches someone in his forest, a slave or hired man, take from
him the ax, or that beast of bnrden, which is on the farther side, l)
A man catches a freeholder or his son at the stump, then he owns the
timber, who owns the land. Take away the timber from him lawfully.
Afterwards bring accusation against him for cutting in the forest, if he wishes.
3. A man drives through another man’s forest, breaks the axletree or
sledrunner, cut lawfully both.
3.
A man takes away a horse or ox, wagon or sled, ship having a rudder,
milks another’s cow on a working day during harvest time, all these are
unlawful acts. The fine for these shall be six ore. One ore for a rowboat, two
for a towboat, half a mark for a seven-oar-boat. One örtug for a rake, for
two, two örtugs, for three or more than three, that is unlawful act, six ore.
4.
A man drives over an uncut meadow or a field after it has sprouted, pay a
1) As the driver used to go on the left side of the load, which is yet the
custom in Sweden, the farthest animal was the one on the right side.
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