Article 771
…At the expiry of this period, he may be summoned, by extrajudicial act, to take sides at the initiative of a creditor of the succession, a co-heir, an heir of subsequent rank or the State.
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…At the expiry of this period, he may be summoned, by extrajudicial act, to take sides at the initiative of a creditor of the succession, a co-heir, an heir of subsequent rank or the State.
…ired, the person claiming to be an heir must prove that he or the person or persons from whom he derives that status accepted the succession before the expiry of that period.
The provisions of articles 771, 772 and 773 apply to the next-ranking heir called to succeed where the first-ranking heir renounces the succession or is unworthy to succeed. The four-month period prov…
…is a cause of nullity of the option exercised by the heir. The action for nullity is barred after five years from the day on which the error or fraud was discovered or the day on which the violence c…
…renounce it. He may also accept the succession up to the amount of the net assets where he has a universal vocation or universal title. A conditional or term option is null and void.
The provisions referred to in article 774 also apply to the heirs of a person who dies without having opted. The four-month period runs from the opening of the latter's estate. The heirs of a person w…
Without prejudice to damages, an heir who has concealed property or rights from an estate or concealed the existence of a co-heir is deemed to accept the estate purely and simply, notwithstanding any…
Where the delegating party is a creditor of the delegatee, its claim is extinguished only by the performance of the delegatee's obligation to the delegatee and in due proportion.
The creditor is entitled to the performance of the obligation; he may compel the debtor to do so under the conditions laid down by law.
An exception is made to the rules set out in the previous article if it is materially or morally impossible to obtain a writing, if it is customary not to draw up a writing, or if the writing has been…
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