What's more, according to civil law, gender or sibling order have no bearing on how an estate is divided. In common practice, the bulk of an estate often goes to the oldest son, or pressure is put on married daughters to renounce their rights to their parents 'estates. Yet such practices are illegal, and passages of a will that call for them will not have legal validity.
此外，依據民法，遺產之繼承和「性別」或「排行」都無關；一般習俗，長子繼承大部份家產、或是強迫出嫁的姊妹拋棄繼承權等，其實並不合法；即使寫在遺囑裡，這部份也是無效的。