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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 ...
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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.
The law of intestacy was virtually codified by the Intestate Succession Act, 1987, [2] which came into force on 18 March 1988. Before that, the South African system of intestate succession had to be construed from a variety of common-law and statutory rules.
Native common law of immovable property in South Africa: with an examination of legislation in force in the Ciskeian Territories of the Cape Province (Butterworths, 1953). Alastair James Kerr (1961). The native law of succession in South Africa: with special reference to the Nguni tribes of the Ciskeian and Transkeian Territories and Natal ...
Bwanya v Master of the High Court, Cape Town and Others is an important decision in the South African law of succession and particularly the law of intestate succession.It was decided by the Constitutional Court of South Africa on 31 December 2021 with a majority judgment written by Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga.
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The Guinness Book of World Records lists the shortest will in history as "Vše ženě" (Czech, "everything to wife"), written on the bedroom wall of a man who realized his imminent death. [2] It was deemed to meet the minimum requirements under Czech inheritance law, being his own work and no one else's.