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SUCCESSION IRREGULIERE [1 record]

Record 1 2013-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Succession (civil law)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
CONT

Irregular succession occurs when the deceased has left neither lawful descendants nor ascendants, nor collateral relations. In an irregular succession, the law calls to a descendant’s inheritance either the surviving husband or wife, or his or her natural children, or the state.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit successoral (droit civil)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
DEF

Succession qui échoit à l’État, à défaut de conjoint survivant et de parents du défunt.

Spanish

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