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Jun 1, 2022 16:12
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Spanish term

compuerta por

Spanish to English Law/Patents Real Estate
This is in some old land registry documents from Puerto Rico from the 1950s and 60s. This registry entry is talking about the parties to an eminent domain lawsuit, where the State was taking property from a list of private owners, several of which were apparently owned by the estates of a deceased owner, as in:

La Sucesion de XXX, compuerta por sus hijos XXXXX

I'm not sure if this is a transfer of property from the estate to the children, or if the children are executors of the estate, or managing the estate. Obviously "comportar" has different meanings, none of which seem to fit here (behave, involve, entail). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Non-PRO (1): Juan Jacob

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Discussion

Alayna Keller Jun 2, 2022:
If you check https://dle.rae.es/comportar, you'll find another possibility: "llevar algo conjuntamente con otra persona", which is "en desuso" and might well appear in an old document.
Manuel Aburto Jun 1, 2022:
Igual, concuerdo con Juan Jacob y Toni.
Elizabeth Novesky (asker) Jun 1, 2022:
That makes sense, thank you! I'm working with hand-written documents, so sometimes it's hard to make out.
Juan Jacob Jun 1, 2022:
Como dicho: compueSta.
Toni Castano Jun 1, 2022:
Typo @ E. Novesky, it´s called "compuesta por" (consisting of), not "compuerta por", which is just a typo.
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