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  "compatibleWith": [],
  "legalSystems": [
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      "name": "Testate Technologies",
      "organisation": "Testate Technologies Ltd",
      "role": "lead"
    }
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  "description": "Swiss succession rules: Pflichtteil (forced heirship after 2023 Erbrechtsrevision), cantonal inheritance tax variation, matrimonial property regimes, Erbschein (certificate of inheritance), and notarial will forms.",
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  "taxCoverage": "outline",
  "keyFeatures": "2023 revised forced heirship rules, cantonal succession tax variation, usufruct rights",
  "legalTradition": "Civil law",
  "seeking": "Cantonal succession law expertise",
  "tier": "core"
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