for it would be a direct contradiction, for any one to enter into society with others for the securing and regulating of property; and yet to suppose his land, whose property is to be regulated by the laws of the society, should be exempt from the jurisdiction of that government, to which he himself, the proprietor of the land, is a subject. By the same act therefore, whereby any one unites his person, which was before free, to any commonwealth, by the same he unites his possessions, which were before free, to it also;
Kontraesan handia litzateke norbaitek beste batzuekin batera erkidego bat osatzea, jabetza babestu eta arautzeko, eta aldi berean suposatzea bere lurra, erkidego horretako legeek arautu behar dutena, gobernu horretako jurisdikziotik kanpo geratu behar dela, bera lurraren jabe izanik gobernu horren menpeko ere baita. Hortaz, libre den norbait errepublika batean sartzearekin bere jabetza guztiak ere, lehenago libre zirenak, berarekin batera erantsiko zaizkio.