In Luxembourg, the affidavit is an authentic instrument in which one or more witnesses declare they have knowledge of significant facts relating to an open succession such as the existence of a will, the names of potential heirs, etc. On the basis of these declarations and with some independent supplementary research, the notary analyses the devolution of the estate in question and sets it out in the affidavit.
3. Probative value of certain specific acts, for example the “acte de notoriété” in France and Italy
