The South African law of succession prescribes the rules which determine the devolution of a person's estate after his death, and all matters incidental...

succession in South African law takes place whenever the deceased leaves property which has not been disposed of by valid testamentary instrument. In...

Testate succession exists under the law of succession in South Africa. Testamentary succession takes place by virtue of either a will or a codicil: A...

v Master of the High Court, Cape Town and Others is an important decision in the South African law of succession and particularly the law of intestate...

South Africa has a 'hybrid' or 'mixed' legal system, formed by the interweaving of a number of distinct legal traditions: a civil law system inherited...

convention, succession in South Africa was deferred to the laws of the United Kingdom; whoever was monarch of Britain was automatically the monarch of South Africa...

South African contract law is "essentially a modernized version of the Roman-Dutch law of contract", and is rooted in canon and Roman laws. In the broadest...

Commission and Another v President of the RSA and Another was an important case in South African customary law. The case was heard in the Constitutional Court on...

The law of persons in South Africa regulates the birth, private-law status and the death of a natural person. It determines the requirements and qualifications...

South African customary law refers to a usually uncodified legal system developed and practised by the indigenous communities of South Africa. Customary...

In South Africa, the Firearms Control Act 60 of 2000 regulates the possession of firearms by civilians. Possession of a firearm is conditional on a competency...

In Ex Parte Estate Davies, an important case in South African succession law, the testator bequeathed £2000 in his will to a person who was not named in...

Campbell NO and Others, an important case in South African family law and law of succession, was heard in the Constitutional Court on 6 November 2003...

case in the South African law of persons and succession. Briefly, the deceased left a will stipulating that her adopted son would inherit her estate in the...

South African labour law regulates the relationship between employers, employees and trade unions in the Republic of South Africa. The Native Labour Regulations...

Law enforcement in South Africa is primarily the responsibility of the South African Police Service (SAPS), South Africa's national police force. SAPS...

Kolver NO (in full Gory v Kolver NO and Others (Starke and Others Intervening)) is a decision of the Constitutional Court of South Africa which ruled...

the head of state and government has been called the President. The succession to the throne of South Africa was the same as the succession to the British...

president of South Africa is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of South Africa. The president directs the executive branch of the government...

In Kidwell v The Master, an important case in the South African law of succession, the testator had signed right at the bottom of the will; there was...

The South African law of evidence forms part of the adjectival or procedural law of that country. It is based on English common law. There is no all-embracing...

order, line or right of succession is the line of individuals necessitated to hold a high office when it becomes vacated, such as head of state or an honour...

law of South Africa governs copyright, the right to control the use and distribution of artistic and creative works, in the Republic of South Africa....

In Liebenberg v The Master, an important case in South African succession law, the testator signed his will (which was one page long) at the top of the...

In Ex Parte Maurice, an important case in South African succession law, the facts were these: A few weeks before his death, the deceased forwarded a draft...

In Macdonald v The Master, an important case in the South African law of succession, the deceased had left four handwritten notes before he committed...

In Theron v The Master (2001), an important case in the South African law of succession, Mr and Mrs Theron were married in community of property. Mr Theron...

important case in South African succession law, decided in the Supreme Court of Appeal in March 2010. It concerned the condonation of a suicide note as...

In Ex parte Stephens' Estate, an important case in the South African law of succession, the deceased disposed of his estate in terms of fractions, but...

In Spies v Smith, an important case in the South African law of succession, the testator was mentally retarded and epileptic, and had appointed the two...