...); • International Will. ¹ There are three forms of wills: (a) A will must be in writing. Oral wills are not possible under the BCC. (b) The Belgian Civil Code (hereafter ‘BCC’) is applicable to the whole of Belgium. It regulates all civil law aspects of a succession, including the order...

... which is based on the Portuguese Civil Code and other legislation. It starts with a brief description of formalities for different types of will, stating that wills must be made in writing and to be valid and enforceable they must have the intervention of a notary. The chapter elaborates on the two...

... the Brazilian Civil Code which is presently in force and applies throughout the country. Succession rules are entirely governed by the Civil Code; however, estate tax varies on a state-by-state basis. The chapter also elaborates on the ordinary and special forms of wills in Brazil. It outlines the order...

... and political rights. ⁹ The Province of Quebec has exclusive jurisdiction over civil law and procedure. Unlike the other nine provinces, its civil law is not grounded in the common law but in the French tradition of codification and custom now exemplified by the Civil Code of Quebec and the Code...

...Art. 1142 of the Civil Code provides that a testator/trix may revoke or amend a previous will. The normal method is to use one of the forms indicated in Section A2 . Section 2 of Art. 1142 of the Civil Code also provides that the previous will shall be seen as revoked under the following...

...Frank Lipworth and Aïssa Ndiaye, France  In: International Succession. Edited by: Louis Garb, Richard Norridge, Oxford University Press. © Oxford University Press 2022. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198870463.003.0018 This chapter assesses the French Civil Code that governs...

... by the ICC and the ILC. The ICC governs the inheritance of non-Muslims and those who have waived their ethnic laws. The ILC governs the inheritance of Muslims. 1) the Indonesian Civil Code (‘ICC’); 2) the Islamic Law Compilation (‘ILC’); and 3) traditional ethnic laws. Formal requirements...

... wills must be made in written form. The Civil Code (CC) recognizes the following types of will: will by notarial deed, informal will deposited with a notary, codicil, and public will. These wills may be amended in conformity with the applicable rules with regard to their formal aspects. A last will may...

... law system, however, there is a strong influence of the common law system, inspiring certain statutes. The chapter then looks at Panama’s Civil Code which defines a will as the act whereby a person makes arrangements for the distribution of his or her property or part thereof after his or her demise...

... differences in the regions of Aragon, Catalonia, Galicia, the Balearic Islands, Navarra, and the Basque Country. These regional differences are not covered in this chapter. The legal system in Spain is a civil law system, based mainly on the Civil Code. Unless stated otherwise, all references to law...

... the manner in which it was performed. This type of will is an allographic will. The document has to be signed before two witnesses and the testator must declare that the document contains his last wishes. Inheritance by will is regulated by Civil Code 89/2012. The Code provides for the following kinds...

... sealed or unsealed and it can be written up by the testator/trix him- or herself or by someone else. (c) Germany is a member state of the European Union and has adopted EU Regulation 650/2012, applicable from 17 August 2015. (b) Although Germany is a federation, the German Civil Code...

... of government in Japan. It emphasizes that the legal system of Japan is a civil law system and there is no separation between federal and state law. The chapter also presents a brief description of formalities for different types of will under the Civil Code of Japan ("CC"): holographic wills, notary deed wills...