Briefs: Wills, Trusts, Inheritances and Gifts, 16th-17th Centuries
Briefs are written legal documents presented to a court arguing why one party to a case should prevail over the other. The majority of documents in this subsection concern inheritance rights to estates, while others concern the execution of wills, gifts, and trusts bestowed upon children, widows, and other family members.
Expedientes jurídicos: Testamentos, herencias y obsequios, siglos XVI al XVII
Los expedientes jurídicos son documentos legales redactados y llevados ante un tribunal para presentar querellas y argüir por qué una de las partes de un caso debe prevalecer sobre la otra. La mayoría de los documentos de esta subsección trata sobre los derechos de herencia de bienes y otros abarcan asuntos relacionados a la ejecución de testamentos, obsequios y fideicomisos otorgados a menores, viudas y otros miembros de la familia.
![Brief filed by Juan Lacavalleria y Dulach, a doctor of laws in the city of Barcelona, in the case versus José Jaumar, a medical doctor also of the city of Barcelona, concerning the trust (fideicomiso) created in the will of Pere Juan Dulach, grandfather of both parties to this case [Ca.XVII Century].](https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:ll:llhsp:llhsp_brief_01:00495/full/pct:6.25/0/default.jpg#h=226&w=319)
Brief filed by Juan Lacavalleria y Dulach, a doctor of laws in the city of Barcelona, in the case versus José Jaumar, a medical doctor also of the city of Barcelona, concerning the trust (fideicomiso) created in the will of Pere Juan Dulach, grandfather of both parties to this case [Ca.XVII Century].
![Brief filed by the spouses Francisco and Marina Morros y Torres, the spouses Pedro and Isabel Casajuana y Torres, the spouse of José and Serafina Soler y Torras and Francisco Coll as father and legal administrator [of the property] of his son, in the case versus Jacobo Torres de Bages, concerning inheritance rights in the estate of the spouses Raimundo and Isabel Torres. [Ca. XVII Century] .](https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:ll:llhsp:llhsp_brief_01:00623/full/pct:6.25/0/default.jpg#h=222&w=305)