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Later developments which contributed to the growth of the sizes of heraldic families include vituperatio nobilitatis (which gave rise to possibilities of fraudulent ennoblement) and heraldic adoption.
A notable case of massive heraldic adoption was admission of Lithuanian and Ruthenian nobility into the ranks of szlachta during the early history of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Polish-Lithuanian unions) under the provisions of the Union of Horodło.