But it was indifferent whether the suus hœres, or, in default of such, the nearest by agnation, was male or female; because, as the relatives on the mother's side could not succeed, though a woman who was an heiress should happen to marry, yet the estate always returned into the family whence it came.
Baina berdin zion oinordekoa-edo, oinordekorik ez izanez gero, agnatu hurbilena-gizonezkoa edo emakumezkoa izatea, zeren eta, amaren aldetiko ahaideak oinordeko ez zirenez, nahiz eta emakume oinordeko bat ezkondu, ondasunak beti familia berean geratzen baitziren.