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Article 520

Du Partage et des Rapports

Succession Law
Titre XV: Des Successions (On Successions)
Chapitre VI: Du Partage et des Rapports (On Partition and Collation)

Le légataire à titre universel y contribue avec les héritiers, au prorata de son émolument; mais le légataire particulier n'y contribue pas, n'étant tenu à aucune dette, ni charge, sauf toutefois l'action hypothécaire sur l'immeuble légué.

Life lesson: Universal legatees share the debt burden proportionally. Particular legatees owe nothing — except mortgages on their bequeathed immovable.
Notes: Legatee debt contribution: universal legatee → pro rata. Particular legatee → exempt (except in rem mortgage liability on bequeathed immovable). Cf. Code Napoléon Art. 871.
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