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Showing 371–380 of 24212 articles for “Art. Cass. com. – 8 July 2008 – no. 07-16.761”
The provisions of articles 831 to 832-4 benefit the spouse or any heir called to succeed by virtue of the law, whether he is a full or bare owner. These provisions, with the exception of those of arti…
If an undivided co-owner is presumed to be absent or, due to distance, is unable to express his will, an amicable division may be made under the conditions provided for in Article 116.Similarly, if an…
A writ of execution against the deceased is also enforceable against the heir, eight days after it has been served on him.
It is prescribed, in respect of movables, by two years from the opening of the succession. In respect of immovables, the action may be brought as long as they remain in the hands of the heir.
A will is an act by which the testator disposes of all or part of his property or rights for the time when he no longer exists, and which he may revoke.
The costs of sealing, inventorying and accounting are borne by the estate. They are paid as preferential partition costs.
Where the return is in kind and the condition of the objects given has been improved by the act of the donee, he must be taken into account for this, having regard to what their value was increased at…
The creditors of a co-partitioner, in order to prevent the partition from being made in fraud of their rights, may object to it being made without their presence: they have the right to intervene at t…
The co-heirs remain respectively guarantors, towards each other, for disturbances and evictions only which arise from a cause prior to the partition. They are also guarantors for the insolvency of the…
As long as the right to accept is not time-barred against him, the heir may revoke his acceptance up to the amount of the net assets by accepting purely and simply. This acceptance is retroactive to t…
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