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OF FEUDAL TITLES
Regarding those who can give a feud [and those who cannot] and how it may be acquired or retained. 1
[ Regarding the feud of guard and stewardship ] 2
[ Which successors are held to give a feud. ] 3
[ If there is a controversy concerning the investiture of a feud. ] 4
By what means a feud may be lost. 5
[ That a bishop, or abbot, or abbess, or lord of a parish cannot give a feud. ] 6
Regarding the nature of a feud. 7
Regarding the succession of a feud. 8
Which successors are held. 9
Regarding the dispute between a lord and a vassal concerning the investiture of a feud. 10
[ Regarding a feud given as a pledge, what the law is ] 11
Regarding the dispute [between me and the lord concerning the portion] of the feud of my deceased brother. 12
Regarding the alienation of a feud. 13
Regarding the feud of a march, or a duchy, or a county. 14
Whether a husband succeeds a wife in a benefice. 15
Regarding what the law is for feuds given to the lowest vassals. 16
By what means a feud may be lost. 17
Before whom or before whom the controversy of a feud may be decided. 18
Feudal constitutions of the Lord Emperor Lothair, which he established before the door of Saint Peter in the Roman city, to be observed. 19