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slaves), or sanobi(privately owned slaves). The general path for one to become a nobi was through heredity. The children of a mixed-status marriage between commoners and nobi usually inherited the status of the inferior social class. Non-resident nobi were registered officially as independent family units and possessed their own houses, families, land, and fortunes. However, nobi were not allowed to bequeath their property, and their property reverted to their owners upon death. They were allowed to own property, but did not have the rights to

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