[241] Manu, ch. 8, sl. 262.

[242] The Commentator describes a boundary as a strip or border (a party-ridge) of land, used in common. The breaking therefore must mean some material alteration of this border. Overstepping, the Commentator describes to be cultivating beyond the boundary.

[243] or house or garden, &c. (M.)

[244] scil. reddendo singula singulis, the lowest fine for breaking, the highest for overstepping, the medium for wrongful appropriation. Manu, ch. 8, sl. 264; ch. 9, sl. 291.

[245] or similar constructions, as a tank, &c. (M.)

[246] semble, the landowner. The Commentator throws no light on this ambiguity.

[247] or any other crop. (M.)

[248] a másha is the twentieth part of a copper paṇa. (M.) Supra pa. 7.

[249] Manu, ch. 8, sl. 241.

[250] no penalty therefore or liability. (M.)