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" Bequest - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Cilardo, Agostino
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AL
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English
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1061022
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ALei1419
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Cilardo, Agostino
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Bequest - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Cilardo, Agostino
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Leiden: Brill
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(2,593 words)
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A bequest (waṣiyya) is a legal instrument for the transfer of ownership or usufruct from a testator to a third party, not in excess of one-third of the estate, and for no consideration, effective after the testator's death. If the bequest includes the appointment of a testamentary tutor, it is called īṣāʾ . In the Roman, Egyptian, and Sāsānian legal systems, jurists distinguished testate succession from intestacy; by means of a last will and testament, a testator could specify his heirs and determine, within limits, the amount they would
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Islam.
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ALei1419.pdf
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