Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 790
790. In regulating succession among relations, the law takes
into consideration the proximity of the relationship, and does not
consider either the prerogative of the line or the origin of th e
property, except in the cases and in the manner expressly provi ded
for by law.
How proximity or
relationship is
determined.
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