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Legal succession

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-002983

The process by which rights, obligations, and property are transferred from a deceased person to their heirs or beneficiaries according to law. This occurs either through a will, known as testate succession, or by statutes of intestacy when no valid will exists. The specific rules vary significantly by jurisdiction.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-002983
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-002983",
  "term": "Legal succession",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "The process by which rights, obligations, and property are transferred from a deceased person to their heirs or beneficiaries according to law. This occurs either through a will, known as testate succession, or by statutes of intestacy when no valid will exists. The specific rules vary significantly by jurisdiction.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/legal-succession/"
}

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