History of the testament

Today's modern Testament is rooted in Roman law, about the third century BC. In the Christian tradition, many scholars refer to Noah and testament and the Old Testament, where Jacob bequeath to his son, Joseph, a part of his property which is twice bigger than his brother.Meanwhile, testament practice in Ancient Greece was not the same in all countries. Some countries allow men to inherit their wealth, others deprive them of this privilege.According to Plutarch, the Greek historian, poet and legislator Solon known in the city-state of Athens, should be congratulated for the legislation that created the wills. Before his time the Greeks were not allowed to leave and will automatically belonged to the family property, while he allowed each man to bestow on him that he will, but with certain restrictions. For example, those who can will leave the citizens of Athens were not slaves or foreigners, whose property after death will be confiscated for public use.Those who can will leave must be at least 20 years old and mentally fit. There should have been adopted and may only leave the property to someone else if they had male children. If they had only daughters, the person who donated the property was forced to marry him.
 Wills usually firmoseshin before many witnesses.At the time of Justinian, a testament in part based on civil law, decree partially magistrate, partly in the imperial constitution. Highlights of its validity was that he left a will that was mentally competent and that his legacy will be signed or made known in the presence of seven witnesses or published orally in open court.Tjetërsohej can not all properties of the issuer of the will. The rights of heirs and pasaardhësve protected by decrees which provide them with a legal minimium. Age can be issued when the will was 14 years in the case of males and 12 to females.
 In Albania, during the Ottoman occupation, the law stipulated that the sultan could be adjusted according legacy of human faith. Then, the common law has been dominant. Kanun of Lek Dukagjin determine how property was divided and under customary law, women did not have wealth. At the time of Bird, testament was somewhat limited because a will was given more space family. While in the communist regime, the properties were very slim, however legislation guaranteeing all rights to leave a will.In the world, leaving a will is dominant inheritance. The United States have more willpower than this unlimited European countries. In America, different states have different laws. Some of them allow complete freedom, while others guarantee the right husband or wife to inherit half of the estate, regardless of what he says is testament.While in Italy and France there legal reserve framework that determines who might be left to the will.Testament longest known so far is that of a anglezeje of 1,100 pages for a fortune of 100 million dollars. While the shortest is a woman from India who wrote "all boy" and a German "all women".