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Thus, when this line is extinct, the others succeed as descendants of the first acquirer; and they retain the fief, which is passed down by the benefit of the common ancestor.
However, the order of proximity is preserved, which we measure in this case by the person of the first acquirer in respect to the lines; but that line is measured with respect to the deceased.
The calculation must be made according to civil law.
For the numeration of the canonists, whether of an equal or unequal line, is false and imperfect.
Women, or those of the female sex who are descendants, cannot, by the proper nature of a fief, aspire to this kind of succession.
Even if it had been purchased from a parent for himself and his heirs.
Unless the fief is of such a condition, or was acquired under such an agreement