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non_fw-la competere_fw-la beneficium_fw-la inofficiosi_fw-la testamenti_fw-la posthumis_a cum_fw-la exhaeredationis_fw-la causam_fw-la comittere_fw-la nequeant_fw-la nec_fw-la debent_fw-la alieno_fw-la odio_fw-la praegravari_fw-la l._n 33._o §_o 1._o c._n the_o inoff_n test_n nor_o be_v it_o imaginable_a that_o the_o testator_n will_v have_v take_v from_o they_o what_o he_o design_v because_o they_o sell_v without_o their_o own_o guilt_n in_o a_o condition_n which_o make_v that_o which_o be_v but_o liberality_n to_o become_v charity_n and_o since_o he_o design_v this_o for_o their_o mother_n and_o they_o to_o supply_v their_o want_n it_o be_v not_o imaginable_a he_o will_v have_v take_v it_o from_o they_o when_o their_o want_n be_v great_a the_o child_n will_v likewise_o still_o continue_v to_o be_v near_o to_o the_o disponer_n than_o the_o substitute_n nam_n jur_v a_o sanguinis_fw-la nullo_n jure_fw-la civili_fw-la adimi_fw-la possunt_fw-la and_o since_o the_o blood-relation_n give_v 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esset_fw-la servitus_fw-la quidem_fw-la erat_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la antiquis_fw-la legislatoribus_fw-la sancita_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la supplicio_fw-la illata_fw-la separabatur_fw-la vero_fw-la matrimonium_fw-la supplicio_fw-la possidente_fw-la damnatum_fw-la sibique_fw-la servientem_fw-la nos_fw-la autem_fw-la hoc_fw-la remittimus_fw-la &_o nullum_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la bene_fw-la natorum_fw-la ex_fw-la supplicio_fw-la permittimus_fw-la fieri_fw-la servum_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la mutamus_fw-la nos_fw-la formam_fw-la liberam_fw-la in_o servilem_fw-la statum_fw-la maneat_fw-la igitur_fw-la matrimonium_fw-la hoc_fw-la nihil_fw-la tali_fw-la decreto_fw-la laesum_fw-la since_o than_o her_o husband_n continue_v to_o be_v so_o still_o and_o that_o the_o law_n will_v acknowledge_v the_o child_n to_o be_v she_o will_v not_o the_o law_n contradict_v itself_o if_o it_o shall_v say_v that_o she_o die_v without_o child_n and_o yet_o shall_v acknowledge_v that_o these_o be_v her_o child_n 5._o 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prescript_n the_o good_n of_o condemn_a person_n be_v not_o confiscate_v in_o prejudice_n of_o the_o ascendant_n or_o descendants_n to_o the_o three_o degree_n except_o only_o in_o the_o case_n of_o lese-majestie_n if_o then_o the_o crime_n be_v not_o able_a to_o seclude_v child_n it_o follow_v necessary_o that_o child_n quo_fw-la ad_fw-la their_o succession_n be_v in_o the_o same_o case_n as_o if_o the_o crime_n have_v not_o be_v commit_v and_o if_o the_o mother_n have_v commit_v no_o crime_n here_o there_o have_v be_v no_o place_n either_o for_o the_o substitute_n or_o for_o this_o question_n it_o be_v just_a that_o delict_n a_o sâ—â—s_n debent_fw-la 〈◊〉_d authores_fw-la and_o that_o since_o punishment_n be_v only_o justify_v by_o the_o precede_a guilt_n that_o the_o punishment_n shall_v not_o exceed_v the_o guilt_n and_o that_o the_o right_n design_v for_o the_o child_n by_o the_o first_o disponer_n shall_v not_o be_v take_v away_o from_o they_o by_o the_o mother_n fault_n this_o be_v also_o to_o add_v affliction_n to_o the_o afflict_a to_o make_v poor_a infant_n lose_v with_o their_o mother_n their_o patrimony_n and_o to_o impoverish_v they_o most_o at_o a_o occasion_n when_o to_o give_v they_o be_v charity_n i_o confess_v that_o law_n sometime_o do_v recede_v from_o nature_n and_o invent_v pretty_a fiction_n as_o in_o the_o case_n propose_v of_o jus_o postliminij_fw-la adoptionis_fw-la and_o legis_fw-la corneliae_fw-la but_o it_o do_v so_o very_o spare_o nor_o be_v these_o fiction_n ever_o allow_v except_o where_o they_o be_v introduce_v by_o a_o express_a law_n for_o the_o law_n think_v it_o not_o reasonable_a to_o allow_v every_o judge_n or_o lawyer_n a_o liberty_n to_o coin_v his_o own_o caprice_n into_o a_o fiction_n lest_o so_o unreasonable_a fiction_n may_v be_v introduce_v and_o lest_o the_o people_n may_v be_v ignorant_a of_o what_o they_o be_v to_o follow_v since_o then_o the_o pursuer_fw-mi find_v his_o strong_a argument_n upon_o this_o as_o a_o privilege_a fiction_n he_o must_v instruct_v that_o this_o fiction_n be_v found_v upon_o express_a law_n and_o even_o in_o these_o fiction_n law_n neyer_n invert_v nature_n but_o rather_o second_v it_o and_o it_o make_v not_o nature_n bow_v
to_o these_o but_o these_o to_o nature_n and_o among_o many_o other_o instance_n this_o be_v clear_a by_o adoption_n wherein_o the_o young_a can_v adopt_v the_o elder_a because_o it_o be_v against_o nature_n say_v the_o law_n that_o the_o young_a shall_v be_v father_n to_o the_o elder_a inst._n de_fw-fr adopt_v §_o 4._o minorem_fw-la natu_fw-la majorem_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la adoptare_fw-la placet_fw-la adoptio_fw-la enim_fw-la naturam_fw-la imitatur_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la monstro_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la major_n sit_fw-la filius_fw-la quam_fw-la pater_fw-la and_o i_o may_v by_o the_o same_o reason_n say_v that_o it_o be_v monstruous_a to_o imagine_v that_o she_o who_o may_v real_o labour_v in_o childbirth_n and_o who_o real_o may_v give_v suck_n can_v bring_v forth_o a_o child_n but_o be_v dead_a and_o that_o the_o law_n shall_v not_o own_v as_o child_n these_o who_o the_o church_n own_v as_o such_o and_o in_o these_o fiction_n which_o be_v allow_v we_o will_v find_v upon_o exact_a 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to_o take_v away_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o disposition_n from_o the_o person_n substitute_n which_o it_o give_v not_o nihil_fw-la tam_fw-la naturale_fw-la say_v the_o law_n quam_fw-la eo_fw-la genere_fw-la quidque_fw-la dissolvere_fw-la quo_fw-la colligatum_fw-la est_fw-la l._n 35._o ff_n de_fw-fr reg_fw-la jur_fw-fr since_o then_o the_o child_n owe_v not_o their_o succession_n here_o to_o the_o civil_a law_n but_o to_o the_o will_n of_o the_o disponer_n the_o law_n shall_v not_o by_o its_o fiction_n take_v away_o what_o be_v not_o at_o first_o the_o effect_n of_o its_o liberality_n in_o the_o case_n where_o the_o law_n allow_v fiction_n it_o allow_v they_o only_o for_o to_o strengthen_v natural_a equity_n and_o not_o to_o overturn_v it_o and_o by_o the_o definition_n give_v of_o it_o it_o be_v say_v to_o be_v indubitatae_fw-la falsitatis_fw-la pro_fw-la veritate_fw-la assumptio_fw-la in_fw-la casu_fw-la possibili_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la justa_fw-la causa_fw-la proveniens_fw-la ad_fw-la inducendum_fw-la juris_fw-la effectum_fw-la equitati_fw-la naturali_fw-la non_fw-la repugnantem_fw-la jason_n ad_fw-la l._n si_fw-la be_v ff_n de_fw-fr usucap_n upon_o which_o definition_n no_o subsumption_n can_v be_v found_v here_o for_o not_o only_o be_v not_o this_o in_o casu_fw-la possibili_fw-la because_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o a_o person_n can_v be_v both_o dead_a and_o alive_a at_o once_o and_o that_o child_n shall_v be_v and_o not_o be_v verum_fw-la est_fw-la neque_fw-la pacta_fw-la neque_fw-la stipulationes_fw-la factum_fw-la posse_fw-la tollere_fw-la quod_fw-la vero_fw-la impossibile_fw-it est_fw-la neque_fw-la pacto_fw-la neque_fw-la stipulatione_fw-la potest_fw-la comprehendi_fw-la l._n 32._o ff_n de_fw-fr reg_fw-la jur_fw-fr but_o it_o be_v also_o repugnant_a to_o justice_n and_o equity_n that_o the_o estate_n destinat_fw-la by_o the_o disponer_n to_o his_o blood-relation_n shall_v be_v take_v from_o they_o and_o give_v otherwise_o then_o he_o will_v have_v bestow_v it_o himself_o and_o though_o the_o law_n do_v sometime_o in_o favour_n of_o child_n oblige_v we_o to_o believe_v that_o the_o child_n that_o be_v in_o the_o mother_n womb_n be_v bear_v there_o be_v some_o foundation_n for_o impose_v that_o upon_o we_o since_o there_o be_v a_o child_n extant_a though_o not_o bear_v yet_o it_o never_o use_v that_o liberty_n in_o punish_v poor_a infant_n and_o to_o condemn_v they_o before_o it_o can_v know_v they_o or_o that_o they_o have_v transgress_v in_o answer_n to_o the_o second_o class_n of_o argument_n i_o do_v confess_v that_o it_o be_v true_a that_o all_o civil_a right_n shall_v perish_v by_o a_o criminal_a sentence_n and_o that_o in_o sensu_fw-la civili_fw-la pro_fw-la nullo_n habebatur_fw-la damnatus_fw-la but_o it_o be_v as_o true_a that_o ea_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la juris_fw-la naturalis_fw-la be_v not_o thereby_o take_v away_o quod_fw-la attinet_fw-la ad_fw-la jus_o civil_a servi_fw-la pro_fw-la nullis_fw-la habentur_fw-la 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