There are legal ways to get around it. The viager system is a plot device in this short story by Guy de Maupassant: https://americanliterature.com/author/guy-de

There are legal ways to get around it. The viager system is a plot device in this short story by Guy de Maupassant: https://americanliterature.com/author/guy-de-maupassant/short-story/the-little-cask https://americanliterature.com/author/guy-de-maupassant/shor...