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LEGS UNIVERSEL [1 record]

Record 1 2014-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Succession (civil law)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
DEF

Legacy [that] entitles one or several persons to take the entire succession.

OBS

to distinguish from: residuary legacy, general legacy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit successoral (droit civil)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
DEF

Legs qui donne à une ou plusieurs personnes vocation de recueillir la totalité de la succession.

OBS

Terminologie française normalisée dans le cadre du Programme de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho hereditario (derecho civil)
  • Derecho hereditario (common law)
DEF

[Legado] que da a una o varias personas derecho a tomar la totalidad de la sucesión.

OBS

legado universal: Expresión y definición traducidas del artículo 732 del Código Civil de Quebec. El C.C.Q. fue traducido según la versión de 1999-2000.

Key term(s)
  • legado a título universal
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