Probate and Administration Ordinance

The personal representative may appropriate any part of the movable or
                immovable property, including things in
                action,
                of the deceased in the actual condition or state of investment thereof at the time
                of appropriation in or towards satisfaction of any legacy bequeathed by the
                deceased, or of any other interest or share in his property, whether settled or not,
                as to the personal representative may seem just and reasonable, according to the
                respective rights of the persons interested in the property of the
                deceased.