This partage of things in an inequality of private possessions, men have made practicable out of the bounds of society, and without compact, only by putting a value on gold and silver, and tacitly agreeing in the use of money: for in governments, the laws regulate the right of property, and the possession of land is determined by positive constitutions.
Proportzio ezberdineko jabetza pribatu hauen banaketa gizartearen mugetatik at gertatzea posible izan da, hitzarmenik gabe, soilik urre eta zilarrari balio jakin bat emanda eta diruaren erabileraren aukera emanen duen adierazi gabeko akordio baten bidez. Gobernuetan, berriz, legeak dira jabetza arautzen dutenak, eta lurraren gaia konstituzio positiboek erabakitzen dute.