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Article 630

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 existe un héritier pour lequel la loi réserve une quotité de biens, le légataire universel sera tenu des dettes et charges de la succession, personnellement pour sa part, et hypothécairement ou solidairement pour le tout, et en outre du payement de tous les legs, s'ils ne sont pas dans le cas de réduction en conformité de ce qui est expliqué au Chapitre II, Section II, de la réduction des Donations et Legs.

Life lesson: The universal legatee shares the burden of debt — personally for his share, mortgaged for the whole — and must pay all legacies unless they need reduction.
Notes: Universal legatee's liability with reserved heirs: personal (pro rata) + mortgage/joint (in rem for whole) for debts/charges + payment of all legacies (subject to reduction). Cf. Code Napoléon Art. 1009.
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