Swiss Civil Code

¹ The stat­utory heirs are un­der a mu­tu­al ob­lig­a­tion to place in­to hotch­pot any prop­erty re­ceived from the de­ceased dur­ing his or her life­time as ad­vance­ments against their share of the es­tate.

² Un­less the de­ceased ex­pressly in­struc­ted oth­er­wise, any­thing gif­ted or gran­ted to his or her is­sue by way of dowry, en­dow­ment or as­sign­ment of as­sets, debt re­mis­sion and the like is sub­ject to hotch­pot.