1.If any one be summoned before the “Thing” by the king’s law,and do not come he shall be sentenced to 600 denars,which make 15 shillings (solid).
2.But he who summons another,and does not come himself,shall,if a lawful impediment have not delayed him,be sentenced to 15 shillings,to be paid to him whom he summoned.
3.And he who summons another shall walk with witnesses to the home of that man,and,if he be not at home,shall bid the wife or any one of the family to make known to him that he has been summoned to court.
4.But if he be occupied in the king’s service he can not summon him.
5.But if he shall be inside the hundred seeing about his own affairs,he can summon him in the manner explained above.