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  2. Inheritance law in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Spouse may opt for equalization payment under the Family Law Act, if it results in a greater share Yukon: $75,000 1/2 to spouse, 1/2 to child 1/3 to spouse, 2/3 to children Common-law spouses may apply to the court for a share of the estate "Child" does not include a stepchild Northwest Territories [9] $50,000 1/2 to spouse, 1/2 to child

  3. Wills, Estates And Succession Act of British Columbia

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    Wills, Estates And Succession Act of British Columbia (WESA) is a provincial statute that governs the law of inheritance in British Columbia, Canada. [1] The bill was introduced in Legislative Assembly of British Columbia on September 24, 2009, and received royal assent on October 29, 2009. WESA amalgamated and in some cases replaced five ...

  4. Historical inheritance systems - Wikipedia

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    Gender roles are profoundly affected by inheritance laws and traditions. Impartible inheritance has the effect of keeping large estates united and thus perpetuating an elite. With partible inheritance large estates are slowly divided among many descendants and great wealth is thus diluted. Inheritance customs can even affect gender differences ...

  5. Primogeniture - Wikipedia

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    Primogeniture (/ ˌ p r aɪ m ə ˈ dʒ ɛ n ɪ tʃ ər,-oʊ-/) is the right, by law or custom, of the firstborn legitimate child to inherit the parent's entire or main estate in preference to shared inheritance among all or some children, any illegitimate child or any collateral relative.

  6. Forced heirship - Wikipedia

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    Forced heirship is generally a feature of civil-law legal systems which do not recognize total freedom of testation, in contrast with common law jurisdictions. Normally in forced heirship, the deceased's estate is in-gathered and wound up without discharging liabilities , which means accepting inheritance includes accepting the liabilities ...

  7. Law of Canada - Wikipedia

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    The Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa, west of Parliament Hill. The legal system of Canada is pluralist: its foundations lie in the English common law system (inherited from its period as a colony of the British Empire), the French civil law system (inherited from its French Empire past), [1] [2] and Indigenous law systems [3] developed by the various Indigenous Nations.

  8. History of wealth taxes in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Not only should this tax put our income tax structure on a more secure foundation but it should operate in a like manner with regard to succession and inheritance taxes levied by the provinces. [20] As a consequence, it was imposed by the Parliament of Canada later that year as part of the Income War Tax Act. [21] The tax was wide in its scope ...

  9. Women's property rights - Wikipedia

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    Because women's property rights are often assumed through the security of the oftentimes, male, household head, some inheritance laws allocate less property to female heirs than male heirs. [15] Ongoing adherence to male-dominated traditions of property ownership has generally meant that women cannot take advantage of the wide range of benefits ...