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Cap. 16 · Civil Code (Cap. 16)

Cap. 16 Art. 756Proportion of shares in case of reciprocal substitution of heirs or legatees taking unequally among themselves.

Sub-title I

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(1) Where two or more co-heirs or legatees in unequal shares shall have been reciprocally substituted, the proportion of shares fixed by the first disposition shall be deemed to be operative in regard to the substitution.

(2) Where the substitution includes another person in addition to the persons called in the first place, the evacuated portion shall vest in all the substitutes in equal shares.