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wbole burden of fueh expence falls upoo Ihe ponerior has only

jUI

ran,

or a right to eompe! Ibe debeor to

(redilors.

fuln! his obligation

wilhoul 3ny right in the fubjeél it-

15. Apparent heirs are inlided 10 briog aétions offale felf, which the deblor is bound to transfer 10 him. One

of Ihe efims be!onging 10lbeir ancdlors, whelher bank- cannot .oblige himfelf, but by a prefen! aél of the IVill.

CUpt or not

the

e)(pen~e

of which ougbl

faJl upon Abare refo!ulion Iherefore, 01 parpore to be obliged; is

Ihe pllrrUer, if Ihm is any excrefcence of Ibe price, afler alterable al pleafure.

p.aymco of the crediIOr!.

Obligatioos are eilher,

6r11,

merely natural, where

16. As procefl'es of raoking aod fale

are

defigoed for one perfoa is bound'to anolhel by Ihe I¡w of oalure, but

the eommoo inlerefi ofall Ihecreditors, no diligence,car- caooot be eompelled byany civil aélioo to (be perform• •

ried 00 or 'compleleu during their peodency ougbl 10 aoce. Thus, Ibough deeds graoted by a minor haviog

&ive any

preferen~e

in the competition;

¡md,nt,

lile ,

ni-

coratan,

wilhout Iheir confenl, are null, yet Ihe minor

/¡jI inn,vondum.

is nacurally obliged to perform fueh dccds; and pmnu

17.

rule io all real

dili~eoees,

that where a ere· are nacurally obliged to provide Iheir children in reafon–

tlilor is preferable 00 feveral di/fcrenl fubjcéls, he cannot able palrimonies. ' Nalural obligalions inlide the credilor

ufe his preference arbilrarily, by favo,uring one credilor to retaiowhal he has gOl io vinue Ihereof, wilhout beiog

more Ihao

a8~lher

bUI D1Ufl allocate his univerfal or fubjeéled to rellore it.

Obligations are

mertly-ci.il,

calholic debl propo-lionally agaioll

all

the fubjeéls or 'which may be fued upoo byan aétion; bUI are dided by

panies "hom It a/feéls. lf it is material 10 fuch cre- an exceplloo in eq1lily; this is 'Ihe éa!e of obligatioo!

dilor to draw his whole payment OUI of any one fund, he

gr~nled

Ihrough force or fear,

&e.

Prop:r or full

may apply his debt fo al may befi fecure himfelf; bUllhat obligations, are Ihofe wbich

are

fupporced both by' equily

Intqualily will be reéliGed, as to the Eollerior crediton, aod Ihe civil fanaioo •

...ho bad likewife, by Iheir righl9 and diligences, a/feéled

Obligalioos may be alfo divided iOIO,

Pore, to

t1\e fubje8s 0\11 of which he drelV his payment, by obli. which oeilher day oor coodicioo is adjeélcd. Thefe may

ging'him to .ffigo in'lhéir favour his righl upon Ihe 'fepa. be exaéled imOledialely..

Obligalions

(' x ¿ie),

which

rate fubjeéls which he did oot ufe in Ihe ranking;

have aday

~djeéled

to their performance. [o Ihefe,

di"

"hieh they may recur againll thefe feparate fubjcéts for

jI.lefll

e,dit,

fod

flon

venil;

a proper debt arifes from

the

liJares

which Ihe debl prefemd might have drawn out the date of the obligalioo, becau(e it is certain Ihal Ihe

of tbem. As the obligalioo to aflign is founded mertly .dar will exill

bot ¡he executioo is fufpended, till .the

equity, the catholic creditor canool becompelled ID it, Japfe of Ih.t day. .

Condilióoal oLligations

in which

¡fhis afligning {hall weaken Ihe preference of any feparate there is no proper debt

(diu

non

eedil)

lilllhe condilion

debl ,elled in himfdf, affeéling the fpecial fubjeél fought

purified, becaufe jt is poffible the condilion may exi(!;

affigned. But if a credilor upon • fpecial fubjeél aod which th$refore are (aid 10 creale only Ihe hope of a

/hall acquire from Rootber a calholic right, or a calholie debl; bUllhe granler,

eveo

of Ihefe, has 00 righl to .re-–

creditor {hall purchafe a debt a/feéling a fpecial fubjeél, file. An obligdlion, 10 which a day is adjeéted Ihat poC–

",ilb a ,iew of crealing to the fpecial debt a higher de· fibly may oever exill, implies a condilion;

diu

inmtur

Bree of preference Ihan was oaturally due to it, by ao

pro " ndiliom h.6,lur.

Thus, io Ihe cafe of a proviGOQ

arbilrary applicalion of the calholic debl, equity caonot to a child, payable when he attains lu Ihe age of four·

proteét him frdm alligning iDfavour of the creditor ex- teen, if Ihe child dies before that age, the provifion

falls~

cJuded by fuch applicalion, efpecially if, prior to Ihe

Obligations, wheo confidercd wilh regard to Iheir

purchafe, the (dbjeél had become litigious by Ihe procefs 'caufe, were di.ided by the Ronfans, inlo Ihofe

arifin~

ilf ranking; for tranfmiflioos ought nOI to hurt credilon from contraél. quafi conlraél, deliél, and quafi·delift:

",ho ire 00 pUlies tO thcm, nor to give ¡be purchafer But there are

cer~ain

obligalions, eveo fu11 and proper

10y new right,' which was oot formerly iD him(e1f or his ones, which caonot be derived froOl any of the(e fources,

cedeol.

áod to which Lord Slair gim Ihe name of obedienlia/.

Such

Ihe obligatioo

(10

pareDls 10 aliruenl or mainlain'

T' .

OIJ

OhZ"

_ ,1

e " .

their children

which arifes Gngly from Ihe ielalion of

It: 20.

IgIIIIOII!,

Orla

ontra,¡¡

gmera

•

d h'ld

d b ! .

pareot an c I ,an may e enlorce y t le CIVI magi.

THE )aw of herilable righu bciog explained, momble

righlS fall oext to be eonfidered, Ihe doarioe of which

depends chieAy on Ihe nalure of Obligalions. An obli–

gation is a legal tie, by which one is bound 10 pay or

perform fomelhing to anolher. Every obligalioo on the

perfon obliged, implies an oppofite right in the credilor,

fo that what il a burdeo in regard to Ihe one isright wilh

re(pcéllo Ihe olher; and a11 ríghlS founded on obligalion

are called perfona!. There is Ihis efl'enlial di/ference

between a real aod

per(onal righl, Ih2t a

JUI

whelher of propercy. ,or of an inferior kind as fervitude,

entitles Ihe per(on velled wilh it to pofl'efs Ihe fubjeél as

/lis o",n; or if he is not in pofl'eOion, to demaod it from

dte pofl'(fI'ors

wherm the credilor iD a per(onal right

VOL.

No. 6S .

flrale.

oder parenls are comprended Ihe mOlher, grand•.

falher, aod graodmolher, in their proper order. This,

obliga'lion 00 parenls eXlends 10 Ihe Ploviding of their

ifl'ue in all Ihenecefl'aries of life, and giving Ihem(uilable

educalion. 11 ccafes, wben the children canearn a

li~cly.

hond by Iheir owo indu(lry; bUI Ihe .obligalion 00 pa·

reolS to '!laintain Iheir indigenl childrcn, and reciprocally

on childreo 10 maiolain Iheir iodigenl parenlS, is perpe–

tual. This obligatioo is, 00 Ihe falher's dcalh, Iransfer.

red to Ihe c1dell (on, Ihe heir

the family; who, as

reprefenling the falher, mull alimenl his youuger bro–

Ihm and finees : Thebrolhers are only inlided 10 alimo–

oy, lill their age of Iwenly·one, afler \\'hich Ihey are

prc(umed able 10 do for them(e!ves; but Ihe obligation

'f.