Article 954

RA 386 · Civil Code of the Philippines

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The legatee or devisee cannot accept a part of the legacy or devise and repudiate the other, if the latter be onerous.

Official text — RA 386

The legatee or devisee cannot accept a part of the legacy or devise and repudiate the other, if the latter be onerous.

Should he die before having accepted the legacy or devise, leaving several heirs, some of the latter may accept and the others may repudiate the share respectively belonging to them in the legacy or devise. (889a)

Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)

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