论继承回复请求权的性质

继承回复请求权源自于罗马法中的继承诉,而继承诉属于对物之诉。源于继承诉（权）的继承回复请求权非常类似于物上请求权,而作为确保物权人对物圆满支配状态作用的物上请求权,与物权共命运,只要物权存在,它就不断产生,因而物上请求权不应适用于消灭时效,它应与产生其之物权一起为取得时效的客体。既然如此,继承回复请求权亦不应受消灭时效的限制。在完善我国继承法时宜借鉴意大利、葡萄牙和我国澳门地区民法之立法例,规定确认继承人身份的诉讼不因时效而消灭,但不影响有关取得时效的规则对每一占有物的适用。

Study on the Nature of Requesting Right of Recovering Inheritance

Requesting right of recovering inheritance originated from the petitio hereditatis in the Roman Law, and petitio hereditatis belongs to the action in rem. Requesting right of recovering inheritance is similar to the right of real claim, and the right of real claim is close connected with the right in rem, it is existing with the existence of right in rem. Therefore, extinctive prescription does not apply on the right of real claim, and the acquisitive prescription should apply on the right of real claim. Hence the requesting right of recovering inheritance should not be limited by the extinctive prescription. We should take Italian law, Portuguese Law and Macau law for reference when we are perfecting the Inheritance Law. The action of determining the status of inheritor should not be perished because of the prescription. However, the acquisitive prescription should be applied on the chose in possession.