Article 1012
The legatee by universal title shall be liable, like the universal legatee, for the debts and charges of the testator's succession, personally for his share and portion, and hypothecarily for the whol…
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Showing 1401–1410 of 66561 articles for “Art. 1228 · Cass. com. 1 February 1978 · Cass. com. 10 February 1958 · Cass. com. 3 October 1977 · Cass. ch. req. 7 May 1923 · Cass. 1re civ. 24 May 1966”
The legatee by universal title shall be liable, like the universal legatee, for the debts and charges of the testator's succession, personally for his share and portion, and hypothecarily for the whol…
The provisions set out in articles 1049, 1051, 1052, 1055 and 1056 are applicable to residual gifts.
A legacy by universal title is one by which the testator bequeaths a share of the property which the law allows him to dispose of, such as one half, one third, or all his immovables, or all his furnit…
A revocation made in a later will shall have full effect, even though this new act remains unenforced by the incapacity of the instituted heir or legatee, or by their refusal to receive.
Any gift inter vivos of present property, made between spouses by marriage contract, shall not be deemed to have been made subject to the condition of survival of the donee, unless this condition is f…
…ring the marriage made between spouses is revocable only under the conditions set out in articles 953 to 958. Gifts made between spouses of present or future property are not revoked by the occurrence…
The legatees by universal title shall be required to apply for delivery to the heirs to whom a share of the property is reserved by law; in their absence, to the universal legatees and, in their absen…
If, before the will or since, the thing bequeathed has been mortgaged for a debt of the succession, or even for the debt of a third party, or if it is encumbered by a usufruct, the person who must pay…
The legatee by particular title shall not be liable for the debts of the succession, except for the reduction of the legacy as aforesaid, and except for the mortgage action of the creditors.
Gifts made to one of the spouses, under the terms of articles 1082, 1084 and 1086 above, will lapse if the donor survives the donee spouse and his or her posterity.
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