Saisine is a term used within succession and inheritance law. It refers to a legal principle that governs the automatic transfer of a deceased person's property, rights and obligations to their heirs, so that the heirs take over the estate without a separate act of transfer. According to the source article the principle is notably prevalent in civil law jurisdictions, such as France, Germany and Quebec. The concept therefore illustrates how civil law systems treat the moment of death as the point at which ownership and liabilities pass on to the heirs. The source lead is short, so this entry records the definition and the jurisdictions the article names and does not add detail on how each system applies the rule.
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1. Wikipedia: Saisine
refers to a legal principle that governs the automatic transfer of a deceased person's property, rights, and obligations to their heirsView the Source Saisine (Wikipedia)
In Group: Estate in Land, lead paragraph defines feudal possession of the estateView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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