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SUCCESSION

Article 774. Succession is a mode of acquisition

by virtue of which the property, rights and

obligations to the extent of the value of the

inheritance, of a person are transmitted

through his death to another or others either by

his will or by operation of law. (n)

Article 775. In this Title, "decedent" is the

general term applied to the person whose

property is transmitted through succession,

whether or not he left a will. If he left a will, he

is also called the testator. (n)

Article 777. The rights to the succession are

transmitted from the moment of the death of

the decedent. (657a)