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Cap. 16 · Civil Code (Cap. 16)

Cap. 16 Art. 1116Rights of heirs of creditor in an indivisible obligation.

Sub-title III

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(1) Each of the heirs of the creditor may demand the entire fulfilment of an indivisible obligation.

(2) He cannot alone remit the whole of the debt, or receive, instead of the thing, the value thereof.

(3) Where one of the heirs has alone remitted the debt, or received the value of the thing, it shall not be lawful for any of the other co-heirs to demand the indivisible thing without taking into account the portion of the heir who has remitted the debt or received the value.