El Greco,
Diego de Covarrubias y Leyva |
Diego
de Covarrubias y Leyva,
De
potestate principis in
Opera omnia
(2 vols. Geneva: 1723) 2.305: Dominium etenim privatum a principe tolli non
potest, nisi ex causa utili reipublicae . . . Dominium autem nihil aliud est
quam ius disponendi de re ipas . . .
Ergo
princeps non potest tollere liberam testandi facultatem in rebus propriis
privato competentem nec testamentum mutare nec ipsius legibus derogare nisi
id ab eo fiat ad publicam utilitatem.”
Therefore the Prince may not take away the right to make a will
distributing private property nor can he change a will . . . unless he does
so for public utility.
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