Towards the legates and testamentary burden as specific testamentary dispositions

Abstract

This article examines the legal nature and content of some special testamentary dispositions, which assign to the heirs certain duties, entailing change in the total value of inherited property, or non-property obligations (testamentary renunciation or testamentary burden). The authors identify the distinctive features of a testamentary disposition and testamentary burden, and make well-founded conclusion concerning the necessity to limit the amount of the legate.