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Very well then, the case before you is one to settle
the title to an inheritance. Our claim to the estate is based upon descent,
theirs upon adoption. We admit here in your presence that all adoptions, if
rightly made in accordance with the laws, ought to be valid. Bear in mind,
therefore, the bases upon which our respective claims rest, and if they prove to
you that the laws grant what they have sworn in their affidavit, adjudge the
estate to them.
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