been abolished in a recent Constitution. In Germany and Austria the Familienfideikommiss was only abolished in 1938, and in Scandinavia they persisted even
unaffected. Such an enfranchised fief became analogous to entailment (Familienfideikommiss); often it was explicitly converted into a fee tail (Fideikommissgut)
agreed agnatic succession - resembling a family entailed estate (Familienfideikommiß) - remained in place.[citation needed] There were numerous different
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