Thus not only does the law of partible inheritance render it difficult for families to preserve their ancestral domains entire, but it deprives them of the inclination to attempt it, and compels them in some measure to co-operate with the law in their own extinction.
Honela, oinordetza-legeak, jabetzak ukigabe gordetzea zaildu ezezik, horretan saiatzeko gogoa ere kentzen die familiei, eta, nolabait ere, berarekin batera beren hondamendian laguntzera bultzatzen ditu.