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Article 970

RA 386 · Civil Code of the Philippines

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Representation is a right created by fiction of law, by virtue of which the representative is raised to the place and the degree of the person represented, and acquires the rights which the latter would have if he were...

Official text — RA 386

Representation is a right created by fiction of law, by virtue of which the representative is raised to the place and the degree of the person represented, and acquires the rights which the latter would have if he were living or if he could have inherited. (942a)

Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)

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