The estate owned by serfs was notionally based on the agreement between the lords and the tenants (serfs), but in fact was obligatorily succeeded by heredity (on succession, the payment to the lords were imposed).
農奴の保有財産は、名目上は領主と借地人（農奴）との合意に基づくものとされていたが、実際には、ほぼ強制的に世襲させられていた（相続時に領主への支払が課せられていた）。