Subject matter and special types of legacies

Abstract

Legacy is a legal institute created in Roman law. Its significance is based on the circumstance that the testator orders the heir or some other person (debtor of the legacy) to transfer to the legatee from the inheritance some property benefit which may consist of handing over one or more certain things or rights, paying a certain amount of money, releasing a debt , some doing, not doing or suffering in favor of the legatee, etc., i.e. in all that may be the subject of any other obligation, provided that it is possible, permissible and determinable or determinable. The paper presents the concept of legacy, its development through history, regulation by modern legislation with special reference to the subject of legacies and its special types. Also, the importance of the necessary part of the heir, the inclusion of the legacy in the necessary part and the institute of the privileged heir were especially emphasized.

Keywords

• legacy
• necessary part
• subject of legacy
• calculation of legacies
• special types of legacies