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Article 639

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)

Les dettes de la succession ne sont point à la charge du légataire à titre particulier; mais outre l'action hypothécaire que conservent les créanciers sur les choses léguées, le legs pourra subir une réduction, si le cas y échet, conformément à ce qui est expliqué au Chapitre II, Section II, de la réduction des Donations et Legs.

Life lesson: The particular legatee does not pay the estate's debts — but creditors keep their mortgage rights on the legacy, and the legacy may be reduced if it exceeds the disposable portion.
Notes: Particular legatee's immunity: not liable for succession debts. But: creditors retain in rem mortgage action on bequeathed property + legacy subject to reduction. Cf. Code Napoléon Art. 1024.
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