Article 1004
Where, at the death of the testator, there are heirs to whom a share of his property is reserved by law, these heirs are seized ipso jure, by his death, of all the property of the succession; and the…
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Showing 1411–1420 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”
Where, at the death of the testator, there are heirs to whom a share of his property is reserved by law, these heirs are seized ipso jure, by his death, of all the property of the succession; and the…
The heirs of the testator, or other debtors of a legacy, shall be personally liable to pay it, each in proportion to the share and portion from which they benefit in the estate. They shall be mortgage…
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.
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…
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…
Any gift made in favour of the marriage shall lapse if the marriage does not ensue.
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…
Any alienation, that even by sale with the option of redemption or by exchange, made by the testator of all or part of the thing bequeathed, shall entail the revocation of the legacy for all that has…
The thing bequeathed will be delivered with the necessary accessories and in the condition it will be in on the day of the donor's death.
A residual gift does not oblige the first beneficiary to keep the property received. It obliges him to pass on the surviving property. Where the property, the subject of the residual liberality, has b…
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