Swiss Civil Code

¹ The test­at­or is en­titled by means of test­a­ment­ary dis­pos­i­tion to give his or her heirs in­struc­tions con­cern­ing the di­vi­sion and the form­a­tion of por­tions.

² Such in­struc­tions are bind­ing on the heirs, sub­ject to meas­ures to bal­ance out the por­tions in the event of an in­equal­ity not in­ten­ded by the test­at­or.

³ Un­less oth­er in­ten­tions on the part of the test­at­or are evid­ent from his or her dis­pos­i­tion, any be­quest of a giv­en part of the es­tate to one par­tic­u­lar heir is deemed to be merely an in­struc­tion con­cern­ing the di­vi­sion rather than a spe­cif­ic leg­acy.