nam patrueli paterno caelibi intestatoque defuncto per agnationis praerogativam succedere parat, nisi tamen coeptis factiosa vis obviet.
He had a cousin on his fathers side who died unmarried and intestate, and he is taking steps to succeed him by right of agnate kinship, at least unless some crafty influence should thwart his purpose.
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