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potestatem_fw-la alienandi_fw-la which_o the_o defender_n learn_v advocâ—â—s_n do_v find_v upon_o tit_n 48._o lib._n 2._o feud_n si_fw-mi quis_fw-la enim_fw-la ea_fw-la lege_fw-la alicui_fw-la feudum_fw-la dederit_fw-la ut_fw-la ipse_fw-la &_o svi_fw-la haeredes_fw-la &_o quibus_fw-la dederint_fw-la habeant_fw-la qui_fw-la sic_fw-la accepit_fw-la poterit_fw-la vendere_fw-la vel_fw-la alienare_fw-la sine_fw-la consensu_fw-la domini_fw-la for_o which_o likeways_o they_o cite_v craig_n dicta_fw-la diag_n 3._o clarus_n hottoman_n and_o other_o feudalist_n to_o this_o it_o be_v answer_v that_o this_o general_a clause_n haeredibus_fw-la &_o assignatis_fw-la be_v only_o mere_a stile_n and_o the_o word_n assignatis_fw-la be_v use_v here_o improper_o as_o it_o be_v use_v in_o bond_n in_o which_o a_o man_n bind_v himself_o his_o heâ—â—s_n and_o assignaye_n whereas_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o a_o man_n to_o bind_v his_o assignaye_n argumentum_fw-la a_o stilo_fw-it be_v not_o still_o 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