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Acórdão (transcription)

Acórdão from Desembargo absolving the defendant, Miguel Soares de Vasconcelos, from the legal action took by the plaintiff, Pedro Soares, and declaring him the rightful successor of the entail of deão D. Luís de Melo. The judges quoted the family name and coat of arms clauses to justify the exclusion of the plaintiff, because there are still relatives of the institutor and the outsiders only can succeed after those relatives extinction.

Vasconcelos, Miguel Soares de (flor.1683)