遗嘱继承制度是和法定继承制度相对立的一种继承制度。与法定继承相比较,它更多体现的是对个人意志自由的尊重与保护。在私有制发展的历史上,只有对个人处分其财产之意志自由的保护延伸至其死后,才可以说是做到了对个人财产所有权的彻底保护,做到了私有财产的神圣不可侵犯。同时,遗嘱继承制度所及之领域又 The will inheritance system is a kind of succession system that is opposite to the legal succession system. Compared with the statutory succession, it embodies more the respect and protection of individual freedom of will. In the history of the development of private ownership, only when the protection of individual freedom to dispose of their property extends to their death, can we say that we have completely protected the ownership of personal property and made the sacred inviolability of private property. At the same time, the area covered by will inheritance system again