Resumen

GUZMAN BRITO, Alejandro. The concept of legacy in Chilean law. Rev. derecho (Valdivia) [online]. 2008, vol.21, n.2, pp. 53-84. ISSN 0718-0950.  doi: 10.4067/S0718-09502008000200003.

The article proposes to define a legacy as “the free, liberal and lucrative attribution or extinction by cause of death of a real or personal right, manifested in a testament for its author or in the same manner prescribed by law, in favour of a person named legatee”; and explains each of the concepts used in this definition.

Palabras clave : LEGACY; ASSIGNATION BY CAUSE OF DEATH; LIBERALITY.