Statutory heir / gesetzlicher Erbe 2
am 08.12.2005 von http://transblawg.eu
Here is the vocabulary used nowadays for those who inherit:
Germany
Testament: Erbe, Vermächtnisnehmer
Gesetzliche Erbfolge: Erbe
England
Will: beneficiary
Intestate succession: beneficiary
USA
Will: beneficiary (devisee: of real estate, legatee: of personal property)
Intestate succession: heir (or real estate)
distributee / next of kin (of personal property)
In both EN and USA: devise: a gift of real property
legacy / bequest: a gift of personal property
gift: either real or personal property
You can draw a little table with this information, but it doesn’t mean you can translate Erbe as beneficiary or …
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