Ex communi clariss. et consultiss. iuris professorum ordinis, in inclyta Basiliensium Academia decreto, subsequentes (de feudis) theses

succeeding per capita by the head, it was constituted by Emperor Charles V and judged in the Chamber, although I think it is a matter of equity and law, contrary to Zasius, that they ought to succeed by lines.

XXVI.
Clerics, religious men, and monks established in holy orders do not succeed, not even in a paternal fief, except in three cases.

XXVII.
Although women do not regularly succeed, nor do they come under the designation of sons or heirs here, to such an extent that even males descending from them are excluded, this law is nevertheless posited in various ways by the feudists and receives various exceptions. Generally today, they succeed by benefit—that is, by investiture and pact.

XXVIII.
Is it permitted for children and agnates to retain a fief after the inheritance has been repudiated? It is established that it is prohibited for children, and admitted for agnates with a certain limitation.

XXIX.
Feudal law is bipartite: Personal and Real. The former consists in the relationship between the lord and the vassal, and the vassal is bound in a new fief only by his own or the lord's will. However, in a paternal fief, if he is a soldier, he must seek investiture within a year and a month; if he is a civilian, within a year and a day. In the meantime, he must nonetheless serve the lord, and this time is not useful, but continuous.