Roh was the Atjehnese term for land left lying fallow or waste, and poh roh the corresponding verb for allowing land to fall out of cultivation, contrasted with clearing it anew.
Legal consequence
In Groot-Atjeh, where a person sued a clearer on the ground that he had earlier exercised a possessory right over the waste land in question but had allowed it to lie roh, it did not suffice to produce witnesses. The plaintiff had also to be able to point to still visible traces of earlier working. Where he could not, the defendant’s right to the disputed ground was confirmed. Where he succeeded, the defeated occupant was allowed a temporary conditional right, the haq padjoh asoé, for a term of three years, subject to the annual delivery of one naleh of padi as padé kandoeri.
See Also
Source
Het recht op den grond in Atjeh, by D. W. N. de Boer, dated Scheveningen, November 1931, pp. 59-80. Offprint DLP-141, Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, ‘s-Gravenhage; Bibliotheek KITLV accession 0060 4460 60 081470 428.