Checking if the induced mapping is well-defined

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Let $\mathcal{M}$ be a $\sigma$-algebra of subsets of a nonempty set $T$, $X$ is Hausdorff LCTVS, $X'$ the topological dual of $X$, and $m: \mathcal{M}\to X$ a countably additive vector measure on $\mathcal{M}$.

Let $f: T\to \mathbb{R}$ be $\mathcal{M}$-measurable function. We say that $f$ is $m$-integrable if for each $x'\in X'$, $f$ is integrable with respect to the measure $x'\circ m:\mathcal{M}\to [0,+\infty]$ and for each $E\in \mathcal{M}$ there exists $x_E\in X$ such that for any $x'\in X'$, we have $$x'(x_E)=\int_Ef\ d(x'\circ m).$$ We shall denote $x_E=\int_Ef\ dm.$

Suppose that $f$ is $m$-integrable. Define $$n:\mathcal{M}\to X$$ by $$n(E)=\int_Ef\ dm$$ for each $E\in \mathcal{M}.$ I need to show that the mapping $n$ is well-defined. How do we do this?

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Let $f \colon T \to \mathbb R$ be $\mathcal{M}$-measurable and assume that $f$ is $x'\circ m$-integrable for all $x' \in X'$. For every $E \in \mathcal M$ there is at most one point $x_E \in X$ such that $$ x'(x_E) = \int_{E} f\,d(x'\circ m) \quad\text{for all }x' \in X'. \tag{$*$} $$

Suppose $x_E$ has the property $(\ast)$ and $y \neq x_E$. Since $X$ is Hausdorff, the Hahn-Banach theorem ensures that there is $x' \in X'$ such that $x'(y) \neq x'(x_E)$. But then $$ x'(y) \neq x'(x_E) = \int_{E} f\,d(x'\circ m) $$ shows that $y$ can't have the property $(\ast)$.

The definition of $m$-integrability of $f$ thus implies the existence of a unique $x_E$ having the property in $(\ast)$ and the map $$ \begin{align*} n \colon \mathcal{M} & \longrightarrow X \cr E & \longmapsto x_E \end{align*} $$ is well-defined. The point $x_E$ is the definition of the integral $x_E = \int_{E} f\,dm$.