Composition deed made between José de Sousa da Silva Tavares, heir of Pedro de Sousa de Lacerda, after the death of his wife, D. Luísa de Melo, and Pantaleão Pais de Sousa e Lacerda, administrator of the entail founded by Jerónimo de Sousa, settling a judicial dispute they had over which properties belonged to Pedro de Sousa de Lacerda and which should be annexed to Jerónimo de Sousa's entail. Pantaleão Pais de Sousa e Lacerda agreed to make no further claims to some properties possessed by José de Sousa da Silva, except for two lease contracts worth 53 000 réis and some other properties that, together, were worth 64 000, the required sum to sustain all the perpetual masses obligation of the entail founded by Pedro de Sousa de Lacerda.