French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1 : General rules on the form of wills.
Article 969
A will may be holographic or made by public deed or in the mystic form.
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A will may be holographic or made by public deed or in the mystic form.
If the will is received by two notaries, it is dictated to them by the testator; one of these notaries writes it himself or has it written by hand or mechanically. If there is only one notary, it must…
The will must be signed by the witnesses and by the notary.
Those who cannot read or cannot read will not be able to make dispositions in the form of a mystical will.
It will be similarly null and void if it was made on the condition of discharging debts or charges other than those existing at the time of the gift or which would be expressed either in the deed of g…
…him or by another, that he shall present it to the notary and to the witnesses, and that at the top of the act of suscription he shall write, in their presence, that the paper he is presenting is his…
All deeds involving gifts inter vivos shall be executed before notaries in the ordinary form of contracts; and minutes thereof shall remain, under penalty of nullity.
…o bring an action for reduction in an unopened succession. Such renunciation must be made in favour of one or more specified persons. The renunciation is binding on the renouncing person only from the…
Where there is a donation of property subject to mortgages, publication of the deeds containing the donation and acceptance, as well as notification of the acceptance which would have taken place by s…
This will must be signed by the testator in the presence of the witnesses and the notary; if the testator declares that he does not know how to sign or cannot sign, express mention shall be made in th…
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