Civil Code (Cap. 16)

Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 731

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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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