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poterit_fw-la sine_fw-la curatore_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la aliud_fw-la de_fw-fr eo_fw-la nisi_fw-la ad_fw-la similitudinem_fw-la ejus_fw-la qui_fw-la dormienti_fw-la pluviam_fw-la ip_n manum_fw-la projecerit_fw-la et_fw-la qui_fw-la accipere_fw-la debet_fw-la &_o retinere_fw-la oportet_fw-la quod_fw-la habeat_fw-la affectionem_fw-la &_o intellectum_fw-la percipiendi_fw-la &_o retinendi_fw-la item_n qui_fw-la curare_fw-la debet_fw-la &_o custodiam_fw-la habere_fw-la oportet_fw-la eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la quod_fw-la habeat_fw-la intellectus_fw-la quia_fw-la si_fw-la furiosum_fw-la miseris_fw-la ut_fw-la possideas_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la per_fw-la eos_fw-la videris_fw-la possessionem_fw-la apprehendisse_fw-la quia_fw-la intellectum_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la x._o remark_n he_o that_o be_v a_o madman_n be_v uncapable_a to_o be_v a_o judge_n or_o a_o arbitrator_n for_o want_v of_o 2._o non_fw-la omnes_fw-la judices_fw-la dari_fw-la possunt_fw-la qui_fw-la judicis_fw-la dandi_fw-la jus_o habent_fw-la quidam_fw-la enim_fw-la lege_fw-la impediuntur_fw-la ne_fw-la judices_fw-la sint_fw-la quidam_fw-la natura_fw-la quidam_fw-la moribus_fw-la natura_fw-la ut_fw-la surdus_fw-la mutus_fw-la &_o perpetuo_fw-la furiosus_fw-la &_o impubes_fw-la quia_fw-la judicio_fw-la carent_fw-la d._n 5._o 1._o 12._o 2._o understanding_n and_o discretion_n mirror_n of_o justice_n c._n 2._o sect_n 2._o p._n 116._o west_n symb._n part_n 2._o sect_n 23_o 26_o 27._o neither_o can_v be_v a_o essoiner_n or_o excusator_fw-la mirror_n c._n 2._o sect_n 30._o p._n 175._o xi_o remark_n one_o that_o be_v a_o madman_n can_v attorn_a for_o that_o he_o that_o have_v no_o understanding_n can_v agree_v to_o the_o grant_n 18_o e._n 3._o 53._o 6_o co._n f._n 69._o a._n sir_n moyle_n finch_n case_n xii_o remark_n to_o a_o lawful_a contract_n there_o be_v require_v person_n fit_a to_o contract_v hence_o madman_n 15._o note_v that_o every_o alienation_n of_o a_o man_n right_a all_o contract_n betwixt_o man_n 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