Zutphen law of inheritance

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Zutphensches inheritance law is a right that was applied beyond the historical sphere of influence of Zutphen and the four banner rule . Zutphensches inheritance law also applied to inheritance and included the possibility of female succession ( Kunkellehen ), which was excluded as a male fief in the servant or castle fief . Zutphen law was applied in the feudal law of the counties of Geldern (with the lordships of Zutphen and Arnheim ) and Kleve , in the area of ​​the four Zuphen banner lordships, in Westmünsterland , Stevergau and in Hettergau around Rees , Wesel , Duisburg , Dinslaken , Kaiserswerth , Xanten , Kalkar and im Vest Recklinghausen .

In an investigation of 150 farms in Haltern am See and Marl , the rule of the free aristocratic houses Ostendorf and Hamm for the period from 1628 to 1800, and beyond, generally adhered to the application of the right to the inheritance of serfs. Premarital daughters could also benefit from the regulation .