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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Specific legacies.

Article 1021

Where the testator has bequeathed the thing of another, the bequest shall be void, whether or not the testator knew that it did not belong to him.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 7: Executors.

Article 1033

The executor shall render an account within six months of the end of his engagement. If the execution of the will is terminated by the death of the executor, the obligation to render an account falls…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 8 : Revocation and lapse of wills.

Article 1041

The condition which, in the intention of the testator, merely suspends the execution of the disposition, will not prevent the instituted heir, or the legatee, from having an acquired right transmissib…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 8 : Revocation and lapse of wills.

Article 1046

The same causes which, according to article 954 and the first two provisions of article 955, will authorise the application for revocation of inter vivos gifts, will be admitted for the application fo…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Gradual gifts.

Article 1055

The author of a gradual donation may revoke it in respect of the second gratified person as long as the latter has not notified the donor of his acceptance in the manner required for donations. By way…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3 : Partition wills.

Article 1079

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.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Gifts made by marriage contract to the spouses and to unborn children of the marriage.

Article 1088

Any gift made in favour of the marriage shall lapse if the marriage does not ensue.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Universal legacies.

Article 1013

Where the testator has disposed of only a portion of the available portion, and has done so by universal title, such legatee shall be liable to pay the particular legacies by contribution with the nat…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Specific legacies.

Article 1014

…from the day of his request for delivery, made in accordance with the order established by article 1011, or from the day on which such delivery would have been voluntarily consented to.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 7: Executors.

Article 1031

The authorisations mentioned in articles 1030 and 1030-1 are given by the testator for a period which may not exceed two years from the opening of the will. An extension of up to one year may be grant…

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