Spanish succession law through forty significant judgements

Preface. PREFACE

1. INHERITANCE LAW AND SUCCESSION BY CAUSE OF DEATH

I. The constitutional principles

II. Capacity to succeed by testament or «ab intestate».

2. INHERITANCE PROCESS STAGES IN THE INHERITANCE: APERTURE, “VOCATIO”, “DELATIO” AND “«IUS DELATIONIS»”

I. «Ius transmissionis».

3. RIGHT OF REPRESENTATION AND RIGHT OF ACCRETION

I. Right of representation.

II. Right of accretion.

4. LAST WILL

I. Types of last wills

II. Interpretation of last wills

III. Ineffectiveness of last wills.

5. CONTENT OF THE TESTAMENT

I. Institution of heir.

II. Condition, term or mode in the appointment of an heir

III. Inheritance substitutions: Concept and types

IV. The legacy.

6. THE FORCED SHARE OR LEGITIME

I. Forced share or “legitima”

II. The betterment

7. THE DISINHERITANCE AND PRETERITION

I. Disinheritance.

II. “Preterición” or omission of a forced heir in the last will

8. THE RESERVES («RESERVAS»)

I. Line reserve: «La reserva troncal»

9. ACCEPTANCE AND REPUDIATION OF THE INHERITANCE

I. Repudiation of the inheritance.

10. HEREDITY COMMUNITY AND PARTITION

I. Analysis of special cases

II. Rescission (ineffectiveness) of partition on account of lesion.

11. THE COLLATION

1. Collation of donations.

GLOSSARY OF BASIC CONCEPTS AND TERMINOLOGIES USED IN SPANISH SUCCESSION LAW