| Titre | Institutions et pratiques successorales en Auvergne et en Limousin sous l'Ancien Régime | |
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| Auteur | Abel Poitrineau | |
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Revue | Etudes rurales |
| Numéro | no 110-112, 1988 La Terre : succession et héritage | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Historique des modes de transmission de l'Ancien Régime à la mise en place du Code civil |
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| Page | 31-43 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Inheritance Practices and Institutions in Auvergne and Limousin under the Monarchy
Located in the Old Provençal language aire, the two adjacent provinces of Auvergne and Limousin, both with few cities, were legally distinct : the former was a land of customary, and the latter, of written law. However, the same necessities, resulting from like environments, brought about similar inheritance practices in both provinces. In order to keep landed patrimony as undivided as possible from generation to generation, the father favored both the institution of an heir through a marriage contract of the senior son or daughter and the declaration, also through marriage contracts, of the status of junior family members. Though having many advantages, this system marginalized wills, testaments and donations : these were used in abnormal situations or as a delaying tactic. The division of a patrimony occurred seldom, only when the father died ab intestat, with no married heirs, or when collateral heirs divided the estate. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rural_0014-2182_1988_num_110_1_4610 |
