French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Residual gifts.
Article 1061
The provisions set out in articles 1049, 1051, 1052, 1055 and 1056 are applicable to residual gifts.
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The provisions set out in articles 1049, 1051, 1052, 1055 and 1056 are applicable to residual gifts.
The spouses may, by marriage contract, make to each other, or one of them to the other, such gifts as they see fit, subject to the modifications hereinafter expressed.
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…
The executor is called into question in the event of a dispute over the validity or execution of a will or legacy. In all cases, he or she intervenes to support the validity or demand the execution of…
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.
The father and mother, other ascendants, collateral relatives of the spouses, and even strangers, may, by marriage contract, dispose of all or part of the property which they leave on the day of their…
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…
A gift of future property made between spouses during the marriage is always revocable. A gift of present property that takes effect during the marriage made between spouses is revocable only under th…
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…
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