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The Law Code of Yājñavalkya 2.9.4

Mitākṣarā (Ṛjumitākṣarā) 2.9.4

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2.9.4

grāmadvayasaṃbandhinaḥ kṣetrasya sīmno vivāde tathāikagrāmāntarvartikṣetramaryādāvivāde ca sāmantādayaḥ sthalāṅgārādibhiḥ pūrvakṛtaiḥ sīmālakṣaṇair upalakṣitāṃ cihnitāṃ sīmāṃ nayeyur niścinuyuḥ | sīmā kṣetrādimaryādā | sā caturvidhā | janapadasīmā grāmasīmā kṣetrasīmā gṛhasīmā ceti | sā ca yathāsaṃbhavaṃ pañcalakṣaṇā | tad uktaṃ nāradena |

In a dispute over the boundary of a field pertaining to two villages, and likewise in a dispute over the boundary of fields situated within a single village, the neighboring residents and others shall determine, that is, decide, the boundary which is indicated, that is, marked, by previously made boundary markers such as mounds, charcoal, and so forth. A ‘boundary’ is the limit of a field and the like. It is of four kinds: the boundary of a territory, the boundary of a village, the boundary of a field, and the boundary of a house. And it has five marks according to possibility, as stated by Nārada:

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