Inheritance refers to a legal system that transfers the property left by the deceased to others in accordance with legal provisions starting from the time the property owner dies or is declared dead.
Inheritance refers to the property and property rights left by the deceased. The deceased person who leaves property is called a decedent. The person who inherits or has the right to inherit is called the heir.
Inheritance rights refer to the rights of heirs to obtain inheritance rights according to law.
The subject of inheritance rights is a citizen (natural person). According to the "Succession Law of the People's Republic of China", spouses, children, and parents belong to the first order of succession. Heirs in the same order shall generally inherit equal shares of the estate. However, under special circumstances, the shares of heirs in the same order are not absolutely equal. Heirs who have special difficulties in life and lack the ability to work should be taken into consideration when distributing the inheritance. If the heir has fulfilled the main support obligation to the decedent or lives with the decedent, he may receive more shares when distributing the inheritance. If an heir who has the ability and conditions to support fails to fulfill his obligation to support, the inheritance may not be divided or divided.
The object of inheritance rights is the inheritance of the deceased. An estate includes the property and property rights left behind by a deceased person. The inheritance system established by my country's inheritance law is a simple property inheritance system. According to the provisions of the "Succession Law of the People's Republic of China", inheritance is the legal personal property left by a citizen when he dies, including: (1) Citizen's income; (2) Citizen's house, savings and daily necessities; (3) Citizen's trees , livestock and poultry; (4) citizens’ cultural relics, books and materials; (5) means of production that citizens are allowed to own by law; (6) citizens’ property rights in copyrights and patents; (7) other legal properties of citizens, such as personal Income from contracting.