French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Representation.
Article 751
Representation is a legal fiction whose effect is to call to succession the representatives to the rights of the principal.
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Representation is a legal fiction whose effect is to call to succession the representatives to the rights of the principal.
When the limitation period referred to in Article 780 has expired, the person claiming to be an heir must prove that he or the person or persons from whom he derives that status accepted the successio…
Children or their descendants succeed to their father and mother or other ascendants, without distinction as to sex or primogeniture, even if they come from different unions.
In the direct line, as many degrees are counted as there are generations between the persons: thus, the child is, with regard to the father and mother, in the first degree, the grandson or granddaught…
Any usufruct belonging to the spouse on the property of the predeceased, whether resulting from the law, a will or a gift of future property, gives rise to an option to convert it into a life annuity,…
The conversion of the usufruct is included in the partition transactions. It does not have retroactive effect, unless otherwise agreed by the parties.
Ownership is also acquired by accession or incorporation, and by prescription.
In all cases where representation is admitted, partition is effected by stock, as if the represented person came to the succession; if applicable, it is effected by subdivision of stock. Within a stoc…
…ased has expressly declared that such a legacy shall be paid in preference to the others, article 927 shall apply.
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…
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