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Article: DEATH AND THE TRANSFER OF WEALTH: BEQUEST PATTERNS AND CULTURAL CHANGE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
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- Journal of Social History
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- June 22, 2000
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Central European laws of succession have their origins in ancient German times when decedents had only bodily heirs--their own children--and nullum testamentum. [1] By the middle of the eighteenth century, however, wills had long been a well-established element of the legal system. [2] During this period, the rules that governed the making of wills in the Habsburg Monarchy followed Roman law in largely giving testators a free hand in their choice of heir. But these rules also contained elements that would have sounded familiar to the ancient Germans, such as strict regulations about minimum portions. These had only been introduced into Roman law relatively late.
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