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Article 407

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)

Dans la ligne directe descendante, la représentation a lieu à l'infini; elle est admise dans tous les cas, soit que les enfans du défunt appréhendent la succession concurremment avec les descendans d'un enfant prédécédé, soit que tous les enfans étant morts avant leur père, leurs descendans se trouvent entre eux en degrés égaux ou inégaux.

Life lesson: In the descending line, representation extends infinitely — grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and beyond may all step into their ancestor's place.
Notes: Representation in descending line: infinite, admitted in all cases. Concurrent succession with predeceased child's descendants, or succession among descendants of all predeceased children at equal/unequal degrees. Cf. Code Napoléon Art. 740.
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