Succession ex testamenta is one way of succession which determines the inheritors and disposes of the estate in accordance with the will made by the testate . the system of succession ex testamenta and the system of inheritance by operation of law are two basic systems in the field of inheritance 遺囑繼承是按照遺囑人生前所立的遺囑來確定遺產繼承人以及處理遺產的一種繼承方式。遺囑繼承制度和法定繼承制度并為繼承領域的兩大制度。
Among the two methods of inheritance , inheritance by operation of law is still the dominant one because most of the people are accustomed to disposing of their own property after death by law . while succession ex testamenta is favorable for the testate to dispose of his estate in accordance with his own will . compared with the system of inheritance by operation of law , the system of succession ex testamenta is privileged in effect 在這兩種繼承方式中,法定繼承仍然是占絕對優勢的繼承方式,人們大多習慣讓法律來處理自己的身后事。而遺囑繼承更便于被繼承人按照自己的意志處分遺產。與法定繼承制度相比,遺囑繼承制度具有效力上的優先性。