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Intestátní dědická posloupnost v českém středověkém právu zemském a městském
The intestate succesion in medieval czech provincial and urban law

Author(s): Vilém Knoll
Subject(s): History of Law, Civil Law
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: uniform provincial law; Czech lands;High Middle Ages;Lands of the Bohemian Crown; fragmented legislation; Middle Ages;urban law;royal escheat; gradual expansion;legal heirs;intestate succession

Summary/Abstract: The article provides an overview of development of the intestate succession in the most important czech regions during the Middle Ages. The development is characterized by the gradual expansion of the group of legal heirs at the expense of the royal escheat. In contrast of the relatively uniform provincial law is the situation more complicated in the urban law which is determined by more fragmented legislation.

  • Issue Year: 20/2012
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 235-244
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Czech