title: Chihowa v. Mangwende, 1987.
abstract: The Court held that a woman who has reached the age of majority can succeed her father who has died intestate.  It based its decision on the Zimbabwe Legal Age of Majority Act, No. 15 of 1982, which it concluded supersedes customary law prescribing that intestate inheritance is through the male line only.
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000351:Africa, Eastern; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D010067:Ownership; D011287:Prejudice; D012940:Social Problems; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014918:Wills; D014933:Women's Rights; D015030:Zimbabwe
keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Developing Countries; Eastern Africa; Economic Factors; English Speaking Africa; Inheritance--legal aspects; Inheritance--women; Legislation; Ownership; Sex Discrimination--legal aspects; Social Discrimination; Social Problems; Socioeconomic Factors; Women's Status--legal aspects; Zimbabwe