Beschreibung:
<jats:p>Military testaments in the Second Polish Republic gained particular practical significance due to the unique circumstances resulting from Poland’s existence in the short interwar period. Their regulation was based on post-partition legal provisions, including the 1811 Austrian Civil Code with the Military Service Regulations, the 1874 Military Law of the Reich (Reichsmilitärgesetz), and in the case of Russia the provisions of Volume 10 Part I of the Digest of Laws of the Russian Empire. It wasn’t until 1933 that Poland passed its own Law regarding the last wills of military personnel. Military testaments were treated as a privileged form of last will and testament, characterized by certain simplifications compared to the ordinary form.</jats:p>