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In contrast, the Legal Claims parchments (Minhast: ''Yukan Mukan'', lit. "Complaint and Judgment") use more formal language and lack the colourful language of the [[Vadi#Ad-Hominems and Other Insults|''Waškixrapmakirimērumbustikmaban'']].  Minhast words, particularly legal terminology, units of measurement, and other terms requiring precision especially found in lawsuits involving land disputes, are found here.  It is believed that each litigant wrote these letters carefully in order to have them translated to the Prefect, the surveyors, or to ingratiate themselves to other Dog Speakers who could serve as witnesses in the lawsuit. In at least one case one of the litigants even tried to petition the powerful Salmon Speaker Prefect, Nattaxxawan.  This letter is a rare find, as it contained many archaisms not found in any of the ''Waškixrapmakirimērumbustikmaban'' or the majority of the

| translation = Please write to Wise Elder Ruxparan thus: Look at this map.  This is what Prefect Annu's surveyors have drawn.  This line from Karbaram Rock stretches to the shoreline of River Íkava, then extends across the old beaver dam at Sarpahey Spring.  Thence it curves upwards along the ridge where old Piku's farmhouse was before it burnt down.  Thus the Prefect has recognized my territorial claim as the sole legitimate one.