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by algorias 1481 days ago
This is no longer legal in many jurisdictions. Family members often have a minimum allocation of the inheritance (e.g. 25% must be equally split among all children)
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Interesting, and most places it is culturally unacceptable regardless.

Yet the proverb is historical, as all proverbs are, and my response was intended to refute the dissolution of wealth, historically, by spreading it too thin.

Our ancestors didn't do that.

What jurisdiction is this?
France has a floor on the percentage each descendant gets.