No one shall presume to seize a person who seeks sanctuary in a church, or at its doors; but he may petition a priest or a deacon to restore said person to him; and if a debtor or a criminal takes refuge there, and he should not be liable to the penalty of death, the ecclesiastic in charge of the church may interpose his good offices, and request that said party be pardoned or discharged. If a debtor should take refuge in a church, the church shall have no right to protect him, but the priest or deacon must surrender him, without delay, with the admonition that his creditor shall neither injure nor bind him who claimed the right of asylum; and the creditor must state, in the presence of said priest or deacon, within what time he shall expect the payment of the debt. Because the intervention of the church may be invoked for purposes of mercy, is no reason why persons should be deprived of their property. The laws relating to homicides and other malefactors are set forth under their respective titles. BOOK X. CONCERNING PARTITION, LIMITATION, AND BOUNDARIES. TITLE I. CONCERNING PARTITION, AND LANDS CONVEYED BY CONTRACT. =I.= _A Partition Once Made, shall Remain Forever in Force._ =II.= _No Partition Made Between Brothers shall be Revoked, Even if it was not Made in Writing, but Only in the Presence of a Competent Witness._ =III.= _Where a Partition is Made Among Many Persons by the Majority, and those Entitled to the Larger Share, it shall not be Changed by any Act of the Minority._ =IV.= _One Heir shall have the Right to Act for all the Others, either as Plaintiff or Defendant._ =V.= _Where Anyone Violates a Contract Establishing a Partition, and Seizes a Portion of the Property._ =VI.= _Where an Heir Plants a Vineyard, or Erects a House, on Land Belonging to his Co-Heirs._ =VII.= _Where one Person Plants a Vineyard on the Land of Another, to which he has no Title._ =VIII.= _Concerning the Division of Lands Made Between Goths and Romans._ =IX.= _Concerning Forests Still Undivided Among Goths and Romans._ =X.= _Whatever Acts a Slave may Perform, without the Order of his Master, shall be Void, except when Otherwise Provided by Law._ =XI.= _Whoever Enters upon Land, under a Lease, must Comply with his Contract._ =XII.= _Where Lands are Leased, by a Written Contract, for a Term of Years._ =XIII.= _Where he who Rents Land under Contract, Cultivates a Greater Area than he has a Right to do, under the Conditions of the Same._ =XIV.= _Where a Dispute Arises Between Landlord and Tenant, Concerning Arable Lands, or Forests, which are Leased._