CHAPTER XXXVII

THE OCCUPIERS OF LANDS WHICH HAD BELONGED TO CHRISTIANS, ALSO OF GARDENS OR HOUSES, ARE TO MAKE RESTITUTION, EXCEPT OF THE ACTUAL PRODUCE

“AND that there may be no apparent obscurity in this our ordinance, but every one may readily apprehend its requirements, let all men hereby know that if they are now maintaining themselves in possession of a piece of land, or a house, or garden, or any thing else which had appertained to those persons of whom we have before spoken, it will be good and advantageous for them to acknowledge the fact, and make restitution with the least possible delay. On the other hand, although it should appear that some individuals have reaped abundant profits from this unjust possession, we do not consider that justice absolutely demands the restitution of such profits.