In the mists of time – what happened to belongings of someone when they died?
- First person who picked up property of deceased owned the property
- Person was buried with their belongings
For an in-depth look at the history of testamentary succession, click here for the text of Sir Henry Maine’s chapter on Testamentary Succession in his legal classic “Ancient Law”.
http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/maine/anclaw/chap06
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