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CUJUS [1 record]

Record 1 2025-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Succession (civil law)
OBS

de cujus: This designation originates from the latin expression "is de cujus successione agitur" (the person whose succession is in issue).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit successoral (droit civil)
CONT

Dans l'opération juridique que constitue la transmission d'un patrimoine légué, le de cujus est la personne dont la succession est ouverte, les personnes appelées à la recueillir sont les successibles ou héritiers présomptifs, et celles qui la recueillent effectivement, les héritiers.

OBS

de cujus : Cette désignation est tirée de l'expression latine «is de cujus successione agitur» (celui de la succession de qui il s'agit).

Spanish

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