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AGNATIC INHERITANCE [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
DEF

Agnatic inheritance is a purely male line, almost always to the total exclusion of women. The Cognatic tradition allows for a woman to inherit all the possessions if she has no male siblings and no deceased brothers who left eligible descendents.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
CONT

La succession agnatique c’est la limitation de l’héritage d’un trône ou d’un fief aux héritiers qui descendent par la ligne mâle, à l’exclusion des descendants par les femmes.

Spanish

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