Administrator of decedent's estate

The legislation governing rights of inheritance is based on the principle that an inheritance is received upon the death of the testator. However, before assets which form the subject of the inheritance are received by the heirs, inheritance proceedings take place before the courts, the result of which is a resolution which confirms receipt of the inheritance by the heirs. Until this resolution is legally passed all heirs who are to receive an inheritance are co-owners of the entire inheritance. A long period of time may elapse from the death of the testator until the end of the inheritance proceedings, in which it is often necessary to secure those assets of the testator which, given their character, require permanent management, e.g. the uninterrupted operations of an enterprise and other rights and duties related to other property. The topic of this dissertation is the institution of the administrator of the property of the deceased. From certain points of view this is a relatively new institution, which permits parties specified by the courts or the testator to manage the assets or part thereof included in the inheritance until such time as the inheritance proceedings end. To begin with I give an outline of the development of legislation and describe the substantive law provisions of this institution..