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.
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![Brief on behalf Juana de Silva Piñatelli Aragón Pinós, Duchess of Hijar and Countess of Belchile, versus Teresa de Pimentel Benavides, the widow of Jaime de Silva Fernández de Hijas Pinós Cabrera Fonollet, Duke of Hijar and Count of Belchile, concerning certain inheritance rights in the estate of said Jaime de Silva Fernández Hijar. [January 12, 1703].](https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:ll:llhsp:llhsp_brief_10:00835/full/pct:12.5/0/default.jpg#h=467&w=330)
Brief on behalf Juana de Silva Piñatelli Aragón Pinós, Duchess of Hijar and Countess of Belchile, versus Teresa de Pimentel Benavides, the widow of Jaime de Silva Fernández de Hijas Pinós Cabrera Fonollet, Duke of Hijar and Count of Belchile, concerning certain inheritance rights in the estate of said Jaime de Silva Fernández Hijar. [January 12, 1703].
![Brief on behalf Teresa de Pimentel Benavides, Duchess of Hijar, the widow of Jaime Fernández de Hijar Silva Sarmiento de la Zerda Pinós Cabrera Fenollet, Duke of Hijar, versus Juana de Silva Piñatelli Aragón Pinós Fenollet, Duchess of Hijar, Countess of Belchite and Marchioness of Orani, concerning certain inheritance rights in the estate of said Jaime Fernández de Hijar. [June 6, 1703].](https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:ll:llhsp:llhsp_brief_11:00032/full/pct:12.5/0/default.jpg#h=436&w=330)
Brief on behalf Teresa de Pimentel Benavides, Duchess of Hijar, the widow of Jaime Fernández de Hijar Silva Sarmiento de la Zerda Pinós Cabrera Fenollet, Duke of Hijar, versus Juana de Silva Piñatelli Aragón Pinós Fenollet, Duchess of Hijar, Countess of Belchite and Marchioness of Orani, concerning certain inheritance rights in the estate of said Jaime Fernández de Hijar. [June 6, 1703].
![Additional brief filed on behalf Teresa de Pimentel Benavides, Duchess of Hijar, the widow of Jaime de Silva Fernández de Hijar Sarmiento de la Zerda Pinós Cabrera Fenollet, Duke of Hijar versus Juana de Silva Piñatelli Aragón Pinós Fenollet, Duchess of Hijar and Marchioness of Orani, concerning certain inheritance rights in the estate of said Jaime de Silva Fernández de Hijar. [February 1, 1703]. .](https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:ll:llhsp:llhsp_brief_11:00068/full/pct:6.25/0/default.jpg#h=219&w=317)
Additional brief filed on behalf Teresa de Pimentel Benavides, Duchess of Hijar, the widow of Jaime de Silva Fernández de Hijar Sarmiento de la Zerda Pinós Cabrera Fenollet, Duke of Hijar versus Juana de Silva Piñatelli Aragón Pinós Fenollet, Duchess of Hijar and Marchioness of Orani, concerning certain inheritance rights in the estate of said Jaime de Silva Fernández de Hijar. [February 1, 1703]. .
![Brief on behalf Juana de Silva Piñatelli Aragón Pinós, Duchess of Hijar and Countess of Belchite versus Teresa de Pimentel Benavides, the widow of Jaime de Silva Fernández de Hijar Pinós Cabrera Fenollet, Duke of Hijar and Count of Belchite, concerning certain inheritance rights in the estate of said Jaime de Silva Fernández de Hijar. [January 12, 1703].](https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:ll:llhsp:llhsp_brief_11:00094/full/pct:6.25/0/default.jpg#h=220&w=317)