Sulla qualificazione del termine decennale per l’accettazione dell’eredità

The essay analyses the nature of the time limit for exercising the right to accept the inheritance, criticising the majority opinion that considers it to be a “prescrizione” rather than a “decadenza”. The paper, after examining the arguments in favour of one or the other classification, deals with the practical effects of adhering to one or the other thesis, pointing out that the qualification in terms of “prescrizione” creates unnecessary inconveniences and that the different classification (as “decadenza”) is in fact aimed at avoiding some apparent criticalities posed by certain succession rules, which, however, are either not such or can be overcome in another and better way.