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The South African law of succession prescribes the rules which determine the devolution of a person's estate after his death, and all matters incidental thereto. It identifies the beneficiaries who are entitled to succeed to the deceased's estate, and the extent of the benefits they are to receive, and determines the different rights and duties that persons (for example, beneficiaries and ...
Testate succession exists under the law of succession in South Africa.. Testamentary succession takes place by virtue of either a will or a codicil: A will or testament is a declaration, in proper form, by a person known as the "testator" or "testatrix," as to how and to whom his or her property is to go after his or her death.
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The Law of Succession in South Africa. Edited by Juanita Jamneck & Christa Rautenbach. Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 2009. Marius J de Waal. "Intestate Succession in South Africa". Reid, de Waal and Zimmerman (eds). Intestate Succession. (Comparative Succession Law, Volume 2). Oxford University Press. 2015. Chapter 10. Pages 248 to 273.
Forced heirship is generally a feature of civil-law legal systems which do not recognize total freedom of testation, in contrast with common law jurisdictions. Normally in forced heirship, the deceased's estate is in-gathered and wound up without discharging liabilities , which means accepting inheritance includes accepting the liabilities ...
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Countries (in pink) which share the mixed South African legal system. South Africa has a 'hybrid' or 'mixed' legal system, [1] formed by the interweaving of a number of distinct legal traditions: a civil law system inherited from the Dutch, a common law system inherited from the British, and a customary law system inherited from indigenous Africans (often termed African Customary Law, of which ...
South Africa's municipalities may, in terms of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, make by-laws for the effective administration of the matters it has a right to administer. The areas within which a municipality may make by-laws are listed in Schedule 4 Part B, and Schedule 5 Part B, of the Constitution.