Maxim 5.6.15
All sisters are as it were one heir to one inheritance.
Omnes sorores sunt quasi unus haeres de una haereditate.
Source: Co. Litt. 67; Jackson; Weisman, 58aa
Difficulty 3/5 — Intermediate
Explanation
When daughters inherit in the absence of sons, they take together as coparceners — they are treated collectively as a single heir, sharing the inheritance equally among them.
Where this applies
- My father died with three daughters and no sons — how is the estate divided?
- All the sisters inherit equally as coparceners when there are no male heirs.
Legal domains
Cite this maxim
NeCede Max. 5.6.15 — All sisters are as it were one heir to one inheritance. — Co. Litt. 67; Jackson; Weisman, 58aa (Omnes sorores sunt quasi unus haeres de una haereditate.)
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