Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 731
731. (1) The thing forming the subject of the legacy shall be
presumed to have been bequeathed, and shall be delivered, with its
necessary accessories and in the condition in which it shall be on
the day of the death of the testator.
(2) The contrary shall be presumed with regard to
embellishments or to new constructions made in the tenement
bequeathed, or to a tenement of which the testator shall have
enlarged the boundary, including therein new acquisitions.
Where thing
bequeathed is
charged with a
right of usufruct,
etc.
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