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Article 443
De l'Acceptation et de la Répudiation des Successions
Titre XV:
Des Successions
(On Successions)
Chapitre V:
De l'Acceptation et de la Répudiation des Successions
(On the Acceptance and Repudiation of Successions)
L'héritier qui renonce, est censé n'avoir jamais été héritier.
Life lesson:
Renounce, and the law erases you from the succession entirely — as if you had never been called.
Notes:
Retroactive effect of renunciation: renouncing heir deemed never to have been heir. Complete erasure from succession. Cf. Code Napoléon Art. 785.