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Article 627

Des Dispositions testamentaires

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

S'il n'existe point d'héritier en faveur duquel la loi réserve une quotité de biens, le légataire universel, au décès du testateur, est saisi de plein droit, de l'universalité des biens, sans être obligé d'en demander la délivrance.

Life lesson: No reserved heirs? The universal legatee is automatically seized of everything — no delivery needed.
Notes: Universal legatee saisine: when no reserved heirs exist, universal legatee is seized ipso jure of entire estate. No delivery required. Cf. Code Napoléon Art. 1006.
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