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doctrinal issues in inheritance and succession  

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  • The laws of inheritance and succession govern the distribution of property after death and are some of the most widely applicable laws in any society. Although everyone must die, decedents can, within public policy limits, decide how to distribute their property at death by opting into the broad laws of testamentary succession through the drafting of a legal document known as a will or testament. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Inheritance and Succession, Doctrinal Issues In]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-LPKLRJB9-V

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