Intestate succession; protection of the family; taxation and succession; probate and administration; wills; animus testandi; the formal requirements for a will; revocation of wills; wills and taxation; modifying and extending the operation of a will; "inter vivos" dispositions; the relationship between gifts "interv vivos" and succession on death; "donationes mortis causa"; joint holding of property; life assurance; contractural, business and employment interests; "post mortem" succession arrangements.