French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Specific legacies.
Article 1022
…e bequest is of an indeterminate thing, the heir is not obliged to give it of the best quality, nor may he offer it of the worst.
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…e bequest is of an indeterminate thing, the heir is not obliged to give it of the best quality, nor may he offer it of the worst.
…igating judge, assisted by his clerk; a record is made of their statements. The investigating judge may call in an interpreter of legal age, excluding his clerk and the witnesses. The interpreter, if…
…s and corroborating evidence of having participated in the acts referred to the investigating judge may not be heard as witnesses.
The testament-partage produces the effects of a partition. Its beneficiaries may not waive their right to rely on the will to claim a new partition of the estate.
Where the courts seised are not of the same level, a plea of lis pendens or connexity may only be raised before the court of the lower level.
If there are several accepting executors, one of them may act in default of the others, unless the testator has provided otherwise or divided their office.
It may be provided in a gift that a person will be called upon to receive what remains of the gift or bequest made to a first donee on the death of the latter.
The spouses may, by marriage contract, make to each other, or one of them to the other, such gifts as they see fit, subject to the modifications hereinafter expressed.
A beneficiary who has not received a lot equal to his share of the reserve may bring an action for reduction in accordance with article 1077-2.
The lawyers shall be heard after the report if they so request. The parties may also be heard after being authorised to do so by the chairman.
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