Briefs: Wills, Trusts, Inheritances and Gifts, 18th-19th 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 XVIII al XIX
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 tratan 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 on behalf Francisco Miscalet of the city of Barcelona on his own behalf and as legal representative of the children and heirs of Pedro Serdaña of said city of Barcelona versus the Fiscal Procurator of the Princedom of Catalonia and Francisco Perpigña Mas Ferre of said city of Barcelona, concerning certain inheritance rights in the estate of said Pedro Serdaña. [April 17, 1701].](https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:ll:llhsp:llhsp_brief_20:00727/full/pct:12.5/0/default.jpg#h=454&w=323)