In addition to their functions as guardians of the poor, the parish members have to investigate crimes and punish misdemeanours, settle litigations and divide inheritances.
Its inhabitants had frequent litigations and disputes with their neighbours at Reate in connexion with the regulation of the Velinus, the waters of which are so strongly impregnated with carbonate of lime that by their deposits they tend to block up their own channel.
Delaware's General Corporation Laws have created a stable legal platform where the legal rules are fixed and unchanging, giving attorneys an added advantage, unlike other states which constantly change litigations rules without notice.