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was established by a specific deed on the basis of an indivisible estate and included rules of succession. In many cases, one of the requirements for inheritance was that the heir must take the family nameâ-and occasionally the coat of armsâ-of the founder of the
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In many cases, the title could not be inherited if the property attached to it did not pass to the same person. Like
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