Acórdão em relação issued by the Casa da Suplicação on the appeal made by Inácio do Canto da Silveira against the sentence issued by the Corregedor da Comarca de Angra, acquitting him of the charges made by the appealed Manuel do Canto Teixeira. The desembargadores decided that Inácio do Canto da Silveira should remain on the administration of the entail and Manuel do Canto Teixeira should pay for the costs of the process.

Addition deed rectifying one of the clauses of Pedro Eanes do Canto's will regarding the marriage of the administrators, in which he established, in addition, that if the one of the administrator's married without his parents consent he would immediately lose the administration.

Addition deed made by Pedro Eanes do Canto entailing properties purchased in recent years to both entails he founded. He also added another clause that if one of the administrators succeeded on the administration with less than 20 years, he should be advised by three of the closest relatives until reaching the age of 25 years. He also added a clause expressly forbidding the marriage between administrators of both entails unless the marriage was made between one of the heirs of the entail and another son or daughter deprived of the administration. Finally, he revoked the clause that allowed António Pires to choose one of the two entails and declared him administrator of the first entail, and João da Silva administrator of the second.

Court proceedings presented by Manuel do Canto Teixeira, plaintiff, in order to claim the administration of the entail founded by Pedro Eanes do Canto against the current administrator Inácio do Canto da Silveira, defendant.

Court sentence issued by the Corregedor da Comarca de Angra over the court proceedings, condemning the defendant, Inácio do Canto da Silveira, to handover the administration of the entail founded by Pedro Eanes do Canto, with all entailed assets and income derived from the years of his administration, to the plaintiff, Manuel do Canto Teixeira.

Exemplification of a royal sentence regarding the succession on the administration of the entail founded by Pedro Eanes do Canto, opposing Manuel do Canto Teixeira, plaintiff, against Inácio do Canto da Silveira, defendant.

Documents produced by the entail.

Royal sentence issued on behalf of Inácio do Canto da Silveira, defendant, conserving him on the administration of the entail founded by Pedro Eanes do Canto, and absolving him of the charges made by Manuel do Canto Teixeira, plaintiff, which was convicted to pay for the costs of the process.

Will chart of Pedro Eanes do Canto founding, among other dispositions, two entails, one for his son António Pires, born of his first marriage with Joana da Barca, and the other for his son João da Silva, born of his second marriage with Violante da Silva. For the first entail he entailed several properties in the islands of São Jorge, Pico and Faial, and a estate named Quinta de São Pedro, with a perpetual mass obligation of a weekly mass in the church of N. Sra. de Nazaré built on the same state, where a monument in his homenage should be built declaring that he participated on the battles of Arzila, Azamor, Afnul, Benegisna, in Persia and Almedina. For the second entail he entailed several properties in Terceira island, in Cabo da Praia, mount Brasil and a state in Lajes, also with a perpetual mass obligation with a weekly mass preached on the chapel of Jesus, that he was building in the main church of Angra. Both the entails had identical obligations, and António Pires should choose which one he would have, and João da Silva should have the other one. Both should be succeeded by their eldest sons, preferably male, and each administrator should annex 2/3 of his own reserved portion (terça) to the entail. The administrators should also use the surname "do Canto" or lose the administration. He also appoints Francisco da Silva, his illegitimate son, to succeed him on the administration of the chapel founded by Vasco Afonso, vicar of Machico, island of Madeira.