Alegacion Juridica Por D. Fausto De Herrera Y Zapata...
A Rare Account of an Interesting 1790 Spanish Inheritance Case Herrera y Zapata, Fausto de. Alegacion Juridica por D. Fausto de Herrera y Zapata, Caballero Maestrante de la de Ronda, Senor de la Villa y Dehesa de los Fresnos, Vecino de la Ciudad de Badajoz, En el Pleyto que Sigue con Don Juan Antonio Araujo, Teniente Coronel Graduado, y Capitan de Cazadores del Regimiento Provincial de la Villa de Pontevedra, Vecino de Ella: Sobre la Tenuta y Posesion del Mayorazgo Fundado por el Capitan Don Pedro Alvarez Marino Valladares: Num. 1. Madrid: Por Ramon Ruiz En La Imprenta De Ulloa, 1790. [iv], 22 pp. Engraved title device, decorative initial letter. Folio (11-1/2" x 8"). Contemporary marbled wrappers. Light rubbing, some wear and creases to spine ends and corners, fold lines and light wear to corners of a few leaves at beginning and end of text, light toning to interior, faint dampspotting in places. $650. * Only edition located. An interesting report of a Spanish case concerning inheritance law and primogeniture (mayorazgo), which established the rule that estates must be passed along to first-born sons. In this case it is explored with reference to the right of a first-born son who was born out of wedlock. OCLC finds 1 copy, in Spain (University of Grenada).
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Book number 75984