Principle

LAND LAW — Family Property — Devolution on Intestacy — Property of Deceased Becomes Family Property on Intestacy

Area of law
LAND LAW
Court
Supreme Court

Under customary law, when a person dies intestate, his property does not pass to individual heirs as under English law. Instead, it becomes family property held collectively by all members of the family. The family head administers the property but cannot alienate it without the…

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