Nacherbe is *not* reversionary heir
am 18.03.2005 von http://transblawg.euExcuse me tearing my hair out, but I’ve just seen this recommended yet again, and it’s in several dictionaries, and it is wrong! Under German law, a testator …
Statutory heir / Gesetzlicher Erbe 3
Transblawg / To sum up: in German law, there are Erben whether a person made a will or not. (Gesetzliche Erbfolge - gewillkürte Erbfolge) So sometimes the term gesetzlicher Erbe needs to be translated. What do you do, when it really matters? Strictly speaki
Heir Disinherited
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Disinheriting a statutory heir is almost impossible under German law unless an heir seeks to kill or assault the testator. A recent decision, case numbers 1 BvR 1644/00 and 1 BvR 188/03, by the Supreme Constitutional Court fin
Unbefreiter Vorerbe
LawBlog / “Ich setze meinen Ehemann zum unbefreiten Vorerben ein. Nacherbe soll mein Sohn sein. Der Nacherbfall tritt mit dem Ableben des Vorerben ein.” Die Frage ist, ob der Sohn vor dem Ableben des Vorerben seinen Pflichtteil geltend machen kann,
Heir on intestacy / Statutory heir / Gesetzlicher Erbe
Transblawg / Some problems here: In US law, there is an heir Gifis: heirs: strictly, those whom statutory law would appoint to inherit an estate should the ancestor die without a will. Synonyms: heirs at law, rightful heir, legal heirs. The term is often applie
Bright line
Transblawg / Mark Liberman at Language Log establishes that the noun phrase ‘bright line’ and the adjective ‘bright-line’ are missing in most general English dictionaries: Here’s another common expression that’s not in the stan
German-English translation weblog
Transblawg / Translation in the Trenches - ‘a blow-by-blow [account?] of a dog-eat-dog world’ is a translator’s weblog I’m unfamiliar with. I have my suspicions as to who Trench Warrior might be, but perhaps I’m wrong. Anyway, he men
Possession Vests in Heir
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Johanna Knapp published at recht-in.de a useful overview of the civil code rules that apply to possessory rights of an heir after an inheritance. Generally, under German law, an heir steps into the shoes of the decedent. Unlik
LEO online dictionary/LEO Online-Wörterbuch
Transblawg / I mentioned online dictionaries earlier, including LEO. I don’t use it myself, but I see Chris of Crooked Timber is learning German and says how useful it is for him. Not only is Leo invaluable as you’re trying to decipher...
Hair styles for German lawyers / Stylen bei justament
Transblawg / I meant to blog this a couple of weeks ago when I picked up a copy of justament, which is really for German law students. But the new one wasn’t online yet. Now I know from jurabilis that it is....
Online dictionaries/Online-Wörterbücher
Transblawg / Urheberrechtsverletzung bei Online-Wörterbüchern? Open-Source-Wörterbuch mit vielen Beitragenden wurde anscheinend ohne Quellenangabe übernommen. There are a number of bilingual online dictionaries. I don’t use them often, b
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