 According to Morga (1961), these privileges were inherited only in the male line, from the father to son and the latter’s descendants; and in the absence of these, the brothers and collateral relatives were also inherited.Meanwhile, the plebeians were what the Bisayans called "timawa" and the Tagalogs "maharlika".These were the descendants and relatives of the chiefs who did not inherit the rank, and also those slaves and their descendants whom their masters had emancipated.