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Rulant, Rutger · 1589

XL.
And so that the above points may not be spoken in vain, it is worth the effort to see what force and efficacy they possess.
XLI.
This itself can be reduced to two heads: acts between the living, and last wills.
XLII.
The effect between the living is this (although some defend the contrary as if for hearth and home): that it revokes the donation of all goods, according to the law si unquam if ever in the Codex a book of imperial constitutions regarding the revocation of donations. This opinion, as it is more consistent with the laws, is also more equitable.
XLIII.
He can also receive from those things which the father gives as a gift.
XLIIII.
He enjoys the same insignia as those the father uses.
XLV.
Here, it is pleasant to pose a doubt strongly agitated by the Doctors: Are those legitimated capable of honors and dignities? And although the common school has until now defended the negative, and says it is observed in judgments: I, however, for the sake of drawing out the truth, will attempt to see if the affirmative can be defended.
XLVI.
Regarding last wills, it has the chief effect that he can rescind the father's testament by a complaint of inofficiousness original: "inofficiosi querela", a legal action to contest a will that unfairly disinherits legitimate heirs:
XLVII.
So that the legitimate portion legitima the mandatory legal share of an estate for heirs may be decreed for him as it is for legitimate children, since it was not left to him.
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