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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

... we have examined ... the beneficial devolution of property on death. We must now turn to the machinery by which the property becomes vested in those beneficially entitled. The general rule today is that all property first vests in the personal representatives of the deceased, who in due course transfer to the beneficiaries any of the property not required in the due administration of the estate ...  1, record 1, English, - devolution%20of%20property

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

C'est à partir de cette époque [1926] que le terme technique anglais de «devolution», qui avant 1926 avait le sens très large de passation des biens d'un mort à un vivant, a pris son acception actuelle, plus précise, de transmission des biens d'une personne décédée à son «personal representative».  1, record 1, French, - transmission%20des%20biens

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish