Civil Code (Cap. 16)

Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 859

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859. The right of accepting a vacant inheritance is prescribed by the lapse of thirty years. OF THE RENUNCIATION OF AN INHERITANCE Renunciation is not presumed. Amended by: XV .2012.25.

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