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Reduction Claim

A legal remedy that reduces gifts or testamentary dispositions infringing a protected heir's reserved share.

What does this term mean?

A legal remedy that reduces gifts or testamentary dispositions infringing a protected heir's reserved share.

Where does it appear in practice?

Reserved share, disposable portion, timing of gifts, and estate value are assessed together in reduction claims.

Related terms

Reserved Share Inheritance Division Cancellation and Registration of Title Deed

Other glossary entries

Agreed Divorce Protocol Call Detail Records Cancellation and Registration of Title Deed Case Management Order Coercive Imprisonment Consolidation Conveyance / Transfer Deed Default Defense Counsel Disclaimer of Inheritance Dissolution of Co-Ownership Duplicate / Repeated Enforcement Proceeding Ex Officio General Information Check Improvements on Real Property Inheritance Division Judicial Recess Limitation Period Matrimonial Property Regime Mediation Medical Malpractice Pending Property Division on Divorce Reduction Claim Reserved Share Right of First Refusal Service of Notice Sham Transaction Subdivision Suretyship Termination Transfer by Inheritance Unjust Termination