Draco Malfoy and the Gothic Manor - Common Law

[Andromeda]

No: HPFGUIDX 128662

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_svirn" <a_svirn at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at y...> 
wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_svirn" <a_svirn at y...> 
> wrote:
> > > Khilari wrote: 
> > > 
> > > > And Draco Malfoy may be next in line to inherit. 
> > 
> > > A_Svirn
> > > Not if wizards adhere to the law of primogeniture. And if they 
> don't 
> > > then Sirius could have willed it to Harry. Or to Remus, for 
that 
> > > matter.
> > > 
> > > a_svirn
> > 
> > 
> > bboyminn:
> > 
> > Relative to primgeniture, ask yourself this, who is the oldest 
> living
> > male with Black blood flowing in his veins, and combine that 
with 
> the
> > general Common Law aspect which does not allow inheritences 
> to /ascend/?
> > 
> > That would be Draco. He is the oldest living male, that we know 
of,
> > who has Black blood.  
> > 
> 
> 
> I honestly do not think that the rule of primogeniture allows male 
> cousins to inherit through the female line. A girl – if she is a 
> direct heir – can inherit on a condition that later the lands, 
> manorial rights etc., etc, would pass to her heirs male. But a 
> cousin can inherit only through the male line and normally only 
from 
> the original title- or landowner. Since Draco is related to Blacks 
> through his mother, it doesn't apply to him. 
> 
> a_svirn



Andromeda now:
  I don't think the inheritance of the house will be an issue - 
after all, there's no evidence that Sirius is dead, so nothing to 
trigger any official inheriting laws.  Plus, as long as the house is 
hidden by DD's Fidelus, no one can show up to claim it.

  My main qustion with the issue is: what happens with Kreacher?  
Does anything bind him to the house, or is he bound to find and 
serve the next inheritor?  He stayed with the house as long as 
Sirius was alive (though absent and at least in some ways 
disowned).  Kreacher must now know Sirius is dead - will he go to 
Narcissa or Bella or stay with the house?  And if he stays, is it 
because of house-elf rules or because Dumbledore has to keep him 
there to prevent the spread of more secrets?  I know someone 
suggested he would finally get his wish and have his head hung on 
the wall, but I just can't see DD doing that!  And if Harry does, 
I'd be very worried about him.

-Andromeda