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No mears so made conclusive, unless agreement in writing, &c. or suffered to stand five years after determination of lease in being, or after disability removed.
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XIV. Provided always, That no mears between lands belonging to several proprietors, inclosed or ditched by virtue of this act, shall be binding or conclusive, so as finally to settle the mears and bounds between such lands, unless the proprietors of the said lands do agree to the same in writing under his, her, or their hand and seal, attested by three or more credible witnesses, before or after the time of such ditching, fencing, or bounding, or shall suffer the said mears so ditched and inclosed to stand for the space of five years after the determination of such lease or leases of the said lands, as are or shall be then in being; and in case of infancy, coverture, being beyond sea, or of insane memory, or where a remainder shall be claimed by any settlement or will, five years after attaining the age of one and twenty years, becoming discovert, returning from beyond sea, or becoming of sane memory, or from and after such remainder shall take place.
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