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Article 388

De l'Ouverture des Successions et de la Saisine des Héritiers

Succession Law
Titre XV: Des Successions (On Successions)
Chapitre I: De l'Ouverture des Successions et de la Saisine des Héritiers (On the Opening of Successions and the Seisin of Heirs)

Ceux qui auraient péri ensemble, ayant moins de quinze ans, le plus âgé sera présumé avoir survécu. S'ils sont tous au-dessus de soixante ans, le moins âgé sera présumé avoir survécu. Mais si les uns ont moins de quinze ans, et les autres plus de soixante, la présomption est en faveur des premiers.

Life lesson: Under fifteen: the older child is presumed to have survived longer. Over sixty: the younger elder survives. Youth against age: youth prevails.
Notes: Survivorship presumptions by age: under 15 → eldest survives; over 60 → youngest survives; mixed (under 15 vs. over 60) → younger group prevails. Biological vigor as proxy. Cf. Code Napoléon Art. 721.
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