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Article 402

Des divers Ordres des Successions

Succession Law
Titre XV: Des Successions (On Successions)
Chapitre III: Des divers Ordres des Successions (On the Various Orders of Succession)

La proximité de parenté s'établit par le nombre des générations, chaque génération s'appelle un degré; la suite des degrés forme la ligne.

Life lesson: Count the generations, and you count the degrees. Each degree is a step, and the steps form the line of kinship.
Notes: Degree of kinship: each generation = one degree. Succession of degrees = line. Foundational definition for computing succession rights. Cf. Code Napoléon Art. 735.
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