Mughal Administration c15.s1.t1.27

c15.s1.t1.27

*Twelfth.*—*Concerning fixed cash assessments*: If the owner gives his land in lease or loan, and the lessee or borrower cultivates it, take the revenue from the owner. If the lessee plants gardens, take the revenue from him. But if a man after getting hold of a *kharaji* land denies it, and the owner can produce witnesses, then if the usurper has cultivated it, take the revenue from him; but if he has not done so, take the revenue from neither of them. If the usurper denies [the usurpation] and the owner cannot produce witnesses, take the revenue from the owner. In cases of mortgage (*rihan*), act according to the orders applicable to cases of usurpation. If the mortgagee has engaged in cultivation without the permission of the mortgagor, [121b] [exact the revenue from the former.]