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SI SGULH fue~dToiS are thofe \\'ho fU CCI,d tu a pero
fun )'rt . I,ve. io • fpeeial lubjdl by fiogular titles ; bUI
jile~diiún. in i:s prop" Icofe. is a metho¿ of tranfinlltiog
rights f,um Ihé la lhe Ilviog. H<rilabk ,ighls de·
f~eod hy fueecnioo 10 Ihe hei, properly fo ealled j mOI·e·
•ble righls. la lhe e:.:eCUlOrs. who are fOmét illles f,id tO
be hei, s io movc.bles. Sucecaiuo is cither by fpeeial
d"!in.llion, "hieh dclCenus to thufe named by the pro·
prietor himfdf; or legal. wllleh d.vol ves upoo the pero
["OS whom the law owks OUt for fu cedTors, from a pre·
h llPliuo. th.t the pral rielOr would have nJOled them.
had he made a ddlioa ioo. T he firft is io .11 eafes
I'refrrred to the other, as pref~mption muf! yield tO
truth.
2 lo the fucccaioo of herit~ge, the hrirs.t law are
O' hefWlfe e.l!ed hcirs geoeral, h,irs whatfoc'er, orheirs
of lioe j aou they fueceed by the right of bluod, io the
fúlluwiog arder. Flrfl, defceodeols foos dre prefe:ed to
dallghters, .od the eldell foo to ,11 the youoger. \Vhere
there are dau~htm ooly. they fucceed equ3IJy, aod are
(alled heirs·portiooers. Fail,og imOlediate delCeodeDtl,
graod.ehildreo fucceedj aod io default of them, great·
graod.ehildreoj and fo 00 in infillitrl1I1; preferring, .s
io the forme r males to fem.les, .od the c1ddl male
lO the youoger.
3 Next after defeeodeots, collaterals fueeeed j amoog
whom the brothers gtrlllan of the deee.fed have the fi rn
. But as, io 00 eafe, t!,. legal fueeellioo of heri–
lage is, by the I.w of Seodand, divided ioto parts, uo ·
lefs where it deCeeods to fcrnd~s; the imOlcJiate yuuoger
brother of the deeeafed excludes the rell, aceordiog to
Ihe rule, heritace ¿efand,. Where the deee.fed is hi01.
felf the youogefl, the fueee/lioo goes 10 the iOlO1ediate
clder bTotheT, as beiog the leall deviation from this rule.
If there aTe 'aTe DO brothers german, the fiOers germao
fueceed equally; theo brothers confanguinean, io the
fame order as brothers geTmao; aod failiog them, fi(ters
confanguiman equ.lly. Next, the fatheTfueeeeds , Af–
ter him, his bTOthers ar.d fi(ters, aeeordiog tO the rules
alrrady explained j then the graod.father j failiog hiOl,
his bl othcrs aod fillters j and fo up\Vuds. as far as
propioquity cae be proved , Though ehildreo fueeeed to
. Ihejr mDther, a mother eaooot to her ehild j oor is there
aoy fu eeerrloo by our law through the mother of lhe de–
(e,fed j io (o mueh thatooe brOlheTut"ine, i. e, by the
rnotberooly, e.noot Cueeeed tOaoother, eveo io that eflate
whieh nowed origioally fromthcir eOOlmoo mOlhcr.
4. lo there is a right of reprefentatioo, hy
which ooe (umeds, oot from aoy title io himfelf, but in
the place of, .od' as reprefeotiog lome of his dece.fed a–
fceodent!. Thus, where ooe I,.vts a yOlJoger foo. aod
a graodebild by his eldlfl, lhe graodcllild. though –
ther lemoved io degrte flom thcdecafed thao his oocle.
exeluJt s him, 's comiogin place of his fatller Ihe eldtil
{oo. Htoer arifts tI,C drOioaioo bel",eeo fuwllioo in
cotita. whe" the divlfion is m"de ioto as maoy equ.1
p" ts ¡S there ore (nplla or heirs, whieh is the cale of
hli rs portioom; aod IUCCl aioo il:J!ir}'", wl'm the re-
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molCts hl;rs Ufa'.\' 00 nWIC ~mvl:g llrCI1l tirO" tl,e [hare b"
lunglog tOtheir .dCCildull or ji"P', wlom they IcpreC.:nt :
ao lXJlllplc ,,1' ~hidl be ligured io ti,,! cafe of oo~
who \c.ves bchilld hím a dJIIghtrr ahve. ar.d t\Vo f/ana–
dallghlcl s bya d.ughter deeeared, Inwhieh cafe <IU! t\vo
graod,daughtm \\'uuld lileeeed eqll,lIy tOthat h. lfwllleh
would have bdoogcd tO their OIolher h,d Ihe beco ali, e.
5, lo the fuceciliao of hms pllrllOr."s, iodivlfible
rights, f, g, tides of dignity, f, lI lO the e1Jell fi ller.
A fioglr right of fuperiorit)' goes alfo to l:re tlddlj for it
lrardly adonts a dl Vllioo, aod the e(lnd,tioo of the vaOal
ollght OOt tObemade worfe by multi plyrng luptriors up-
00 him. \Vhere there are morc foeh nghts, Ihe ddelt
Dl.y perhapsha,'e her tllétiooof the befl , but the )'Oooger
fillm are eOlitled tOa rccompeo", io fo far .s thed,vi–
fioos are uoequ,I; at leaf!, where the lurcriorities yicl¡1
a eooflam yearl\ reot. The principal f,.t of the ramlly
I.IIs to the eldefl, with tI,e galdeo, and oreh.,d bS–
loogiog tO rt, without reeompeoce tOthe ypuDger fillers ;
but all other houfes are d,v,d,d a",uoglr \hem. togethe¡–
Wilh the laods00 whieh they alebuill, as pans aou peni–
neots of thefe "ods.
6. Tho(e heritable rights, 10 which the deeeafed did
hiOlfclf fueeeed as heir to his father or other 20eeOor,
get fometimes the oame of heritage in a flrié! feofe, in
oprofitioD to the ¡; ud. notla, or feus of eooquell, which
he haJ aequired by fingu lar titles. aod ~ h,eh defcer.d,
oot tO his heir of line, but of eooquefl. This diflioaioo
oblaios only, where tWO or more brothers or uncles, or
Iheir irrue, are oext io fueeeaion j io which eare the imm~
i.te )'ouoger brother, as heir of lioe, fueeeeds to the
proper heritage. beeaufe that defeends; \Vhereas the ecn–
quen a(ecnds to (he immediate clder hrother, It has DP
place in female fueceOioo, whieh the I.\V divides eqoaUy
amoog theheirs· poniooers. Where thedeeeafed was Ihe
youoger brOtA", the immediate elder brother is heir both
or lioe aod of eooquef!. An eflate, difpooed by a father
to his eldefl (00, is oot eooquefl io the foo's perfoo, but
heritage j becaofe the foo would have fueceeded tO it,
though there had beeo 00 Mpofitioo. The heir of eOD–
quell fueeeeds to all rights affeé!iog laod, \Vhieh require
f,ifin 10 perfea them. But teiods go tO the heir of IlOe j
beeaufe they are merely a bUldeo 00 the fruits, oot on
the Taeks do oot fall uodf.r eooquefl, bm ufe
they are complete 'rights without feirlO j nor peT!onal
boods takeo JO heirs feeludiog exeeutQrs.
7. The heir of lioe. is entided to the Cuceeaioo, oot
ooly of (ubjeas properly heritable, bUI to that fOlt of
moveables ealkd hirjhip. whieh ISthe befl of (emill
kiods. This dcélnoe has beeo probably imroduccd,
dw the hei r mighl oot have ao Itollle aod dlate 10fueeeed
10, quitedifmaoded by the exeeUlOr. lo that (',n ,dlieh
goes by pai rs or dozeos, the belt pair Or d~zco is the
heirfl,i p. There is 00 hcirfhip io fuo&ibles, or things
ellimatCd by quaotity, as graio. hay , eurrtoln;ooey t e.
1'0 imide ao heir to this privilege, the de«aled mult
hate bu oeitlter, l. A : 2 , A Balon, i. r. ooe
who lIoL'¿ iofeh at Itis dcath io I. ods, though 001 mlkd
ioto a balC>Oy j or eveoio a right 01 aoouah eot : Or, 1.
A burRcfs; OOt no booorar~ ooc, hut " tt ,lC"O~ bUltc'I,
of a lop l borough, or at Icall ooe inlitlld l(, (Jltlr hul'–
t 10 D Cefs,
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