Editing Inheritance (section)

==History==
{{Further|Historical inheritance systems}}
Detailed [[Anthropology|anthropological]] and [[sociology|sociological]] studies have been made about customs of patrimonial inheritance, where only male children can inherit. Some cultures also employ [[matrilineal]] succession, where property can only pass along the female line, most commonly going to the sister's sons of the decedent; but also, in some societies, from the mother to her daughters. Some ancient societies and most modern states employ egalitarian inheritance, without discrimination based on gender and/or birth order.