unaffected. Such an enfranchised fief became analogous to entailment (Familienfideikommiss); often it was explicitly converted into a fee tail (Fideikommissgut)...

been abolished in a recent Constitution. In Germany and Austria the Familienfideikommiss was only abolished in 1938, and in Scandinavia they persisted even...

in Vechta (Lower Saxony). From 1717 to 1923 the family also had a Familienfideikommiss[better source needed] [a legal way to keep its lands and finances...

agreed agnatic succession - resembling a family entailed estate (Familienfideikommiß) - remained in place.[citation needed] There were numerous different...