1000000030

9.19

f,lIh« f, cm

r: ;¡n:;n~

rr.erCUI or ratioo:,J d".I" I:e ' <:0-

ou,~

tu h.\I'e Ihé t"II

pUIV~r

of (clliog Ihe /i'''jdl ••'r

(i,..

~iIlA

il \\ilh

~~bts,

urHs a prop, r

n~III

of credil l."

t 'Vf Olo lhe h(i, by lhe omriar.e·eootl "é1, (

,~.

If lhe

I.lther filOold ohligt h,mfd( to iordt lhe heir io lhehnds ,

m.ke

r.,ytlllot of the fum provid,d

~Aain!l

a day

c~r·

" io, oc' wheo tl,e eilild att,lios a eenalO age.

cre.

(or

f"eh lights, IVhro

p~r(cé"'d

by iofc(tmrnt. or (eculed by

• liligeoee , are cO'dlual ;gaioll . 11 the funerior ¡leeds of

the f,ther, (Veo ooerous

IS. Though all provir,oos to eltildreo, by amarriage·

COOIr3(\ eoocei"ed io the ordioary formo beiog merely

riglllS 01 foeeenioo, are poflpooed to every onerous debt

of Ihe granter, eren 10 Ihofe eontraéled poOerior to Ihe

provilÍons ; yet whe" a f"her exeeules a bond of pro"i–

lion

to a ehild aélually exiOiog, "hether fueh ehild be

,he heir of a maniage 0r oot, a pr.oper

~ebt

is therehy

created, whieh, Ihough il he witllout doub, gratuitous,

is oot only efTe{lual againO the f3ther him(elf ""d his

I,eirs, bUI is not reducible al Ihe iollaoee even of his

reior onerous eredltors, if he was folvent at the lime

graotiog íl. A (alher may, notwithnandiog a firO mar–

riage·eonlra{l, fettle ajointure on a feeond wife, or pro–

\'id~

the ehildren of a feeond marriage; for fueh fet de–

menls are deemeJ onerous; bot where they are exo, bi:

tanto they will be reO,iéled to "hat is rationa l: Aod in

•11 fueh (enlemeols, where the provifions of the fi rOmar–

Tiage-eootra(l are ioeroaehed upoo, the heirs of that

maniage have reeour(e agúon Ihe father, io eafe he Ihould

:a(terwards aequire a fepame enate, whieh may enable

him to (ulfil both obligat:ons.

' 9,

Where heritable rights are provided to the

htirr

of aman i,&e, they fall 10 the t1den foo, loe he is the

heir at

law

heril.ge

. Whele a fum of mooey is fo

provided, the word

hti,

is applied tOthe

fu~jeél

of Ihe

provilioo, aod fo marks out theexeeU lor, ",ho is the heir

io momhl<s. When ao heritable right is provided to

the

bni,lIJ

(or i/flle) of a

marri.ge,

il is dirided equ,lIy

.mong the ehildreo, if DOdivifioobe made by the

f.•

ther;

(or f.:eh d.Oinalioo cut, off the ex. lufil'c Iighl

01'

the le

gal heir. No provifioo graoted to bairos, glves a (pecial

right of crcult to aoy onc ehild, as lo,' g as Ihe (alher

lires:

Th~

right is

grantecljplI/ili.<;

fo that the whole

mun iodted go to ooe or othcr of them; but the f.llter

has a po. 'er inhcleot in him, to divide it among Ihem,

io (ueh proportioos as he thioks be/t; yet fo as nor.e

of themmay be eotirely excluded, exeept iD extrdordi–

nary cafes.

20.

c:,,~re

of return is tha!, by ",hich a film io a

bood Irr other light, i " io a eenaio CI'ent, lil1litet! to

retnrn tO the graOler hinlfdr, or his heirs. \Vheo a

light is franted for ooerous caufes, thc creditor m"y de–

fcal the cI,ufe of retu 'o, eveo gratuitouUy. But, \\ here

Ihe fum in the right fio ..s flom the gr,loter, or \\

h<ce

there l. aoy othcr ,ufon .ble eanfe for the prt,vifiM of

re'ulo 'n hi" (••our, the re:eil'er canoollhfapl'0i:t1 it;:ra–

tuitouny.

~et

fioce hci, fi;r, the fnm tlu)' btellher

:tlll~n

cdbv

11110

fo, ao noe'ou' caurc, or a/feékd "1 It·s c",:it"'s.

2~.

110 heir is,

Ihe jlldgm nI ofl,w,

,n'/m,/,:' –

.foil"

(1111/

d,jl/nflo,

aocl fo rel"& IIIS lh,; dcee.lfl·'¡ uoi–

¡-e'[Jlll', cOt

~nl)'

in his

ri~ltts,

but in Ins d bts: In tht

ti,li

I':c

1, I,e is (.iel tO he h,:r

d.?;',( :

in lhe fceonJ

1 •.

"liV(.

1'11I1Il

tI,i, gener.I 'ule ore <X'fplcd, JI ..irs (ub–

Jlr:uld iu a fpeci,11 ".JOd,

~ucl

ehn

fll~!llIlItccl

in , dlfpo–

li t/un

(¡I'mil/JIJ l'OJl1TII1/J,

11'\ke dl<l..'l

(he

grdntcr'E

dwlt; lor fudl (uHlitlltc> are c"ofider.." as finr.o!" fue–

eemm, and thei , ,ight as an uoiv,,(.,1 leti,e)', \\'hic!1

dOls 001fubjeél the

Jeg~t ee

ullrn t'nI1"'II.

Ilefore ao heir can h.l·e ao atlive tide t.1 his ao–

reflor's rights, he mufl be entered by ferviee aod retou r•

Ire wh9 is intided to enter heir, is, before his a{lualen–

try, called appareot hetr. The ba,e right of apparency

emies ce, tain rrivileges with il. An appareot heir may

defeod his anerllor's tltles againO ao)' thiru party

Ito

briogs thelll under challeoge. Teoao rs may fafely pay

him their reots; aod after they have once aekoowledged

him by paymeot, he mayeomptl them tOcootinue it ;

aod the rents oot up(ifted by the apparen t heir

~elong

his exeeutors, upoo his deatb .

23 . As ao hetc is, by his eot,y, (ubjeéled uoiverfaJly

to his aoeeOor's debts, appareot heirs have Ihcrefore a

ye"

(annu,

•

delibtrandi)

allowed to Ihem from ,the

aceenor's deeeafe, tOdeliberate . 'holher Ihey will eOler

o, 00\; lilllhe expiriog of whieh, though they may be

eharged by creditors to enter,

theJ

canoot be fued in

aoy procefs fouoded upoo fueh ehuge. Though de–

claratory aélioos, aod others whieh eoolain no petfooal

eooclufioo, may be purfued againn the appareot heir•

..ithiut a pre,'ious eharge; a{lloo .Ioes oot lie eveo upon

thefe, within the year, if the heir eaooot make the proper

defeoees witholll incurriog a pal1ive title. BUI judicial

f~los,

commeneed agaioO ao aoeellor, may be cootioued

upoo a eitatÍon of tr-e he,r, withont wai'ing the year of

ddiberating. This

annu,

c,lih"andi

is compuled, in

the cafe of a poilhumous heir, flom the hinh of fueh

heir. An apparent heir, who by immixiog wilh the e–

nate of his aoeeOor, is as mneh fu bj,{led tO his deblS as

if he had (otered, can h",e no (0nger a right

tOde.li– bcr.ne

whelhe: he will eoter or OOt.

24.

AII

ferriees proeeed 00 brieves from the ehaoee,y,

which are dlcd brieves of ioqucll, aod have beeo long

koowo io Seotl. od. The jndge, to

hom the brief is

dirt(led, is required tO try Ihe

matt~r

hy ao inqllefl of

(.fteeo fworo meo. The ioqlleO, if they ¡i,ld the claiol

v<rihed, mun ¿eclare the cI.imaot heir to Ihe dceeafed,

by a rerJi{l or (en'ice, whieh the jndge muOaadJ, aod

return tbe br!ef, with the fmiee proeoedi..g 00 it, to Ibe

chanccrj'.

25 , The f.,,·i.e of hrirs is eidter renml or fpecia!.

gene,,1fel vice ..ells Ihe heir ill die right of all heri–

taDle

(11

bj,'éls, ",l:ic!1 cilher do not Icquire fe;fio, or

whieh Iw e oot becn

pelf(,~ed

by f,ifin in Ihe relfoo of

Ihe aneenor. A f"teial f",'iee, f"lIowed hy felfin "ells

th~

heir in the righr of the fptcial

fubj",~s

io ..hieh

th~

anerO"r ,Ired inidt

Ir"o hei', doublful uhetl" r the &Ite of his an–

eellur Le (,,!fi eiellt for clearing his I"hll . ¡hall at ¡ny

cm1\'

,~¡rhin

(he

Cllr:UJ

d,liht'I Qlltli,

Cl(ltil,it

uron cath

fl·1I inlCl,to,yof alll,J$ auedl",',

h,,·it.lbl~

It,hj, <'1s, tOthe

clerk of Ihe /I,ire wh re tI,e I.tods Ile; or, if tltere

h"il~se

reqt:inng fei lio,

the c1crk uf lite Ihire where

l.,

Lit.!

aod if, a(lcr the fame is

fuLf~,íLllI

by the the-