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appoint_v for_o those_o which_o be_v distract_v or_o do_v prodigal_o waste_v their_o patrimony_n for_o as_o it_o appear_v by_o the_o common_a adage_n use_v among_o the_o roman_n ad_fw-la agnatos_fw-la &_o gentiles_n deducendus_fw-la est_fw-la they_o do_v account_v all_o prodigal_n or_o spendthrist_n mad_a man_n they_o mean_v no_o more_o by_o that_o than_o we_o do_v by_o our_o english_a proverb_n let_v he_o be_v beg_v for_o a_o fool._n the_o reason_n of_o their_o adage_n be_v because_o if_o any_o be_v distract_v by_o the_o roman_a law_n his_o wardship_n fall_v ad_fw-la agnatos_fw-la &_o gentile_n i._n e._n to_o the_o next_o of_o the_o kindred_n goodwin_n roman_a antiquity_n lib._n 3._o sect_n 4._o c._n 24._o qui_fw-la eversores_fw-la aut_fw-la insani_fw-la sunt_fw-la say_v caius_z omni_fw-la tempore_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la suae_fw-la sub_fw-la curatore_fw-la esse_fw-la jubentur_fw-la quia_fw-la substantiam_fw-la svam_fw-la rationabiliter_fw-la gubernare_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la lib._n 2._o tit._n 8._o de_fw-la curationibus_fw-la lege_fw-la 12_o tabularum_fw-la say_v ulpian_n prodigo_fw-la interdicitur_fw-la bonorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la administratio_fw-la quod_fw-la moribus_fw-la quidem_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la introductum_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la solent_fw-la hodie_fw-la praetores_fw-la vel_fw-la praesides_fw-la si_fw-la talem_fw-la hominem_fw-la invenerint_fw-la qui_fw-la neque_fw-la tempus_fw-la neque_fw-la finem_fw-la expensarum_fw-la habet_fw-la sed_fw-la bona_fw-la sva_fw-la dilacerando_fw-la &_o dissipando_fw-la profudit_fw-la curatorem_fw-la ei_fw-la dare_v exemplo_fw-la furiosi_fw-la et_fw-la tam_fw-la diu_fw-la erunt_fw-la ambo._fw-la in_o curatione_fw-la quam_fw-la diu_fw-la vel_fw-la furiosus_fw-la sanitatem_fw-la vel_fw-la ille_fw-la sanos_fw-la mores_fw-la receperit_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la evenerit_fw-la ipso_fw-la jure_fw-la desinunt_fw-la in_o potestate_fw-la curatorum_fw-la d._n 28._o 10._o 1._o divus_o pius_fw-la say_v the_o same_o 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or_o prodigal_n be_v forbid_v to_o make_v their_o testament_n or_o to_o dispose_v of_o ulpian_n be_v cvi_fw-la lege_fw-la bonis_fw-la interdictum_fw-la est_fw-la testamentum_fw-la facere_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la &_o si_fw-la fecerit_fw-la ipso_fw-la jure_fw-la non_fw-la valet_fw-la ulpian_n their_o land_n or_o good_n any_o other_o way_n instit._fw-la 2._o 12._o 2._o d._n 28._o 1._o 18._o swinburn_n in_o his_o tract_n of_o testament_n and_o last_o wi_n 2d_o part_n sect_n 24._o ulpianus_n tit._n 20._o de_fw-la testamentis_fw-la among_o the_o grecian_n such_o as_o be_v spendthrift_n be_v brand_v with_o infamy_n decoctores_fw-la paternae_fw-la aut_fw-la alterius_fw-la cujusvis_fw-la haereditatis_fw-la ignominiosi_fw-la sunto_fw-la all_o wild_a extravagant_n and_o spendthrift_n who_o lavish_o run_v out_o the_o estate_n leave_v they_o by_o their_o father_n or_o other_o shall_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o the_o remark_n touch_v idiot_n or_o fool_n natural_a we_o come_v to_o 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purchaser_n solution_n a_o man_n of_o non_fw-la sane_fw-la memory_n may_v without_o the_o consent_n of_o any_o other_o purchase_v land_n but_o he_o himself_o can_v wave_v it_o but_o if_o he_o die_v in_o his_o madness_n or_o after_o his_o b._n coke_n in_o his_o comment_n on_o littleton_n §_o 1._o f._n 2._o b._n memory_n recover_v without_o agreement_n thereunto_o his_o heir_n may_v wave_v and_o disagree_v to_o the_o state_n without_o any_o cause_n show_v and_o so_o of_o a_o idiot_n but_o if_o a_o man_n of_o non_fw-la sane_fw-la memory_n recover_v his_o memory_n and_o agree_v unto_o it_o it_o be_v unavoidable_a so_o it_o be_v if_o a_o madman_n make_v a_o gift_n or_o grant_v and_o then_o recover_v his_o wit_n confirm_v it_o this_o gift_n or_o grant_v be_v unavoidable_a as_o appear_v by_o bracton_n and_o fleta_n the_o former_a speak_v thus_o convalescit_fw-la donatio_fw-la facta_fw-la a_o furioso_n si_fw-la sanae_fw-la mentis_fw-la effectus_fw-la donum_fw-la illud_fw-la confirmaverit_fw-la vel_fw-la ratum_fw-la habuerit_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 5._o nu_fw-la 4._o f._n 11._o b._n 12._o a._n the_o late_a say_v in_o this_o wise_a dare_v poterit_fw-la furiosus_fw-la &_o quandâ—…que_fw-la fatuus_fw-la dum_fw-la tamen_fw-la donum_fw-la ex_fw-la post_fw-la facto_fw-la confirmaverit_fw-la cum_fw-la recuperaverit_fw-la sanitatem_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 3._o nu_fw-la 8._o with_o which_o author_n do_v agree_v dionysius_n gothofredus_n note_n upon_o d._n 24._o 3._o 22._o 10._o furiosus_fw-la ad_fw-la svam_fw-la mentem_fw-la reversus_fw-la ratam_fw-la rem_fw-la habere_fw-la potest_fw-la ratamque_fw-la habendo_fw-la facit_fw-la utilem_fw-la xvi_o query_n whether_o the_o will_n of_o one_o that_o afterward_o become_v mad_a or_o distract_v shall_v stand_v good_a in_o law_n solution_n if_o a_o man_n that_o be_v of_o good_a and_o perfect_a memory_n make_v his_o will_n and_o afterward_o by_o the_o visitation_n of_o god_n he_o case_n 4_o co_n f._n 61._o b._n forse_n and_o hembling_n case_n 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contrahenda_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la 1._o lib._n 6._o cap._n 40._o nu_fw-la 1._o dirimunt_fw-la contractum_fw-la ita_fw-la sunt_fw-la multa_fw-la quae_fw-la impediunt_fw-la promovendum_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la dejiciunt_fw-la jam_fw-la promotum_fw-la 3._o civil_a text_n neque_fw-la testamentum_fw-la recte_fw-la factum_fw-la neque_fw-la ullum_fw-la aliud_fw-la negotium_fw-la recte_fw-la gestum_fw-la postea_fw-la furor_fw-la interveniens_fw-la perimit_fw-la siquis_fw-la fine_a instit._fw-la 2._o 12._o in_o fine_a post_fw-la testamentum_fw-la factum_fw-la adversa_fw-la valetudine_fw-la aut_fw-la fine_a instit._fw-la 2._o 12._o 3._o in_o fine_a quolibet_fw-la alio_fw-la casu_fw-la mutus_fw-la aut_fw-la surdus_fw-la esse_fw-la caeperit_n ratum_fw-la nihilominus_fw-la manet_fw-la ejus_fw-la testamentum_fw-la vide_fw-la d._n 28._o 1._o 20._o 4._o xvii_o query_n whether_o a_o fine_a before_o a_o judge_n of_o non_fw-la sane_fw-la memory_n or_o a_o grant_n of_o a_o office_n make_v by_o he_o 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i._o s._n shall_v bring_v the_o action_n and_o their_o opinion_n be_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lunatic_n ix_o query_n whether_o the_o lord_n of_o a_o manor_n can_v grant_v the_o custody_n of_o a_o copyhold_n belong_v to_o a_o lunatic_n without_o a_o special_a custom_n solution_n lord_n chief_a justice_n hobart_n do_v not_o agree_v that_o the_o lord_n have_v power_n over_o the_o darson_n hobart_n report_n f._n 215_o 216._o cock_n v._o darson_n lunatick_n land_n without_o a_o special_a custom_n for_o the_o imitation_n of_o the_o king_n power_n over_o freehold_v make_v no_o consequence_n for_o though_o he_o take_v the_o statute_n to_o be_v but_o a_o â—…ffirmance_n of_o the_o common_a law_n in_o the_o case_n of_o the_o king_n â—…et_v the_o collateral_a incident_n of_o estate_n as_o dower_n tenancy_n 〈◊〉_d the_o courtesy_n wardship_n and_o the_o like_a be_v not_o without_o secial_a custom_n that_o copyhold_n estate_n shall_v not_o have_v such_o quality_n as_o â—…states_n at_o common_a law_n without_o special_a custom_n see_v â—…ore_o 4_o co._n f._n 21._o brown_n case_n f._n 22._o b._n rivet_n case_n 〈◊〉_d 23_o deal_v &_o rigden_n case_n f._n 23._o bullock_n &_o dibley_n case_n cro._n eliz._n f._n 391._o pl._n 14._o clun_n v._o pease_n and_o â—…urner_n and_o palter_v v._o cornhill_n f._n 361._o pl._n 22._o x._o query_n whether_o the_o act_n of_o a_o lunatic_n during_o his_o intermission_n or_o lucid_a interval_n be_v bind_v solution_n the_o act_v that_o lunatic_n person_n do_v during_o the_o time_n of_o their_o lucida_n interualla_fw-la though_o it_o be_v by_o deed_n in_o the_o country_n as_o by_o feoffment_n obligation_n or_o the_o like_a shall_v bind_v they_o and_o other_o concern_v in_o it_o as_o any_o other_o man_n be_v by_o their_o act_n bind_v sheppard_n in_o his_o abridgement_n part_v 2._o tit._n idiot_n 4_o co._n f._n â—…125_n a._n beverley_n case_n of_o non_fw-la compos_fw-la mentis_fw-la bracton_n lib._n 5._o tract_n 5._o de_fw-la exceptionibus_fw-la c._n 20._o nu_fw-la 1._o f._n 420._o b._n fleta_n lib._n 6._o c._n 40_o n._n 1._o xi_o query_n whether_o the_o king_n who_o be_v to_o keep_v the_o lunatic_n his_o wife_n and_o child_n with_o the_o profit_n of_o the_o land_n can_v granâ—…_n they_o over_o to_o the_o proper_a use_n of_o another_o person_n solution_n in_o trespass_n quare_fw-la clausum_fw-la fregit_fw-la and_o cut_a hiâ—…_n tree_n in_o paddington_n in_o the_o country_n of_o middlesex_n bâ—…_n john_n francis_n against_o william_n holms_n the_o defendant_n case_n hil._n 28._o h._n 8._o rot._n 401._o in_o the_o common_a plea_n francis_n &_o holms_n case_n dyer_n f._n 25._o b._n 26._o a._n pl._n 164._o edit_fw-la 1688._o 4_o co._n 128._o b._n beverley_n case_n plead_v that_o it_o be_v find_v by_o office_n before_o thâ—…_n escheator_n of_o the_o say_a county_n of_o middlesex_n that_o thâ—…_n say_v john_n francis_n be_v a_o lunatic_n and_o that_o he_o be_v seizeâ—…_n in_o fee_n of_o the_o land_n in_o which_o etc._n etc._n for_o which_o the_o king_n seize_v his_o person_n and_o his_o land_n and_o by_o his_o letter_n patentâ—…_n grant_v the_o rule_n government_n and_o custody_n of_o the_o same_o person_n and_o land_n to_o the_o say_v holmes_n quamdiu_fw-la that_o the_o person_n be_v lunatic_n to_o take_v the_o profit_n to_o his_o own_o use_n and_o so_o justify_v and_o pray_v in_o aid_n of_o the_o king_n and_o thereupon_o it_o be_v demand_v in_o law_n if_o he_o shall_v have_v aid_n or_o not_o and_o it_o be_v adjudge_v that_o he_o shall_v not_o have_v aid_n of_o the_o king_n for_o this_o grant_n be_v utter_o void_a for_o the_o king_n be_v bind_v to_o keep_v the_o lunatic_n his_o wife_n child_n and_o household_n with_o the_o profit_n of_o the_o land_n and_o without_o take_v any_o thing_n to_o his_o own_o use_n but_o all_o to_o the_o use_n of_o the_o lunatic_n and_o his_o family_n and_o all_o to_o the_o intent_n that_o the_o king_n may_v provide_v that_o he_o who_o want_v reason_n shall_v not_o 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and_o not_o otherwise_o xii_o query_n whether_o the_o committee_n of_o a_o lunatic_n can_v grant_v copyhold_n estate_n solution_n the_o committee_n of_o a_o lunatic_n can_v grant_v copyhold_n estate_n but_o he_o himself_o may_v do_v so_o by_o his_o steward_n as_o appear_v by_o this_o subsequent_a resolution_n a._n seize_v of_o a_o manor_n for_o life_n where_o there_o be_v many_o copyhold_n estate_n grantable_a 48._o trin._n 9_o jac._n in_o the_o court_n of_o ward_n blewits_n case_n leonard_n 47_o 48._o by_o copy_n of_o court-roll_n for_o life_n in_o possession_n and_o for_o another_o in_o reversion_n grant_v the_o stewardship_n by_o deed_n under_o his_o hand_n and_o seal_n to_o i._o s._n for_o life_n with_o a_o fee_n for_o execute_v thereof_o and_o after_o he_o become_v a_o lunatic_n and_o non_fw-la compos_fw-la mentis_fw-la and_o so_o be_v find_v by_o inquisition_n who_o be_v commit_v to_o i._o d._n under_o the_o seal_n of_o the_o court_n of_o ward_n the_o question_n be_v whether_o 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