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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)

On compte autant de degrés en ligne directe, qu'il y a de générations entre les personnes; ainsi, le fils, est à l'égard du père, au premier degré; le petit-fils, au second.

Life lesson: Father to son: one degree. Father to grandson: two degrees. Each generation is one step on the ladder of kinship.
Notes: Degree computation in direct line: one degree per generation. Son = 1st degree; grandson = 2nd degree. Cf. Code Napoléon Art. 738.
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