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Article 587

Des Donations entre-vifs

Succession Law
Titre XVI: Des Donations entre-vifs et des Testamens (On Inter Vivos Donations and Testaments)
Chapitre III: Des Donations entre-vifs (On Inter Vivos Donations)

Le donateur ne peut disposer entre-vifs que des biens qu'il possède au moment de la donation. Toute disposition qui comprendrait des biens à venir, sera nulle seulement à l'égard de ces biens.

Life lesson: You can only give what you already own. Future property in the gift is void — but the rest stands.
Notes: Present property rule: inter vivos donations limited to currently possessed property. Future property clause → partial nullity (only for future property). Cf. Code Napoléon Art. 943.
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