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CCQ-1991 - Civil Code of Québec

Section 739
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739. A legatee by particular title who accepts the legacy is not an heir, but is nonetheless seized of the property bequeathed, as is an heir, by the death of the deceased or by the event which gives effect to the legacy.
He is not liable for the debts of the deceased on the property of the legacy unless the other property of the succession is insufficient to pay the debts, in which case he is liable only up to the value of the property he takes.
1991, c. 64, a. 739; I.N. 2014-05-01; I.N. 2015-11-01.
739. A legatee by particular title who accepts the legacy is not an heir, but is nonetheless seised of the property bequeathed, as is an heir, by the death of the deceased or by the event which gives effect to the legacy.
He is not liable for the debts of the deceased on the property of the legacy unless the other property of the succession is insufficient to pay the debts, in which case he is liable only up to the value of the property he takes.
1991, c. 64, a. 739; I.N. 2014-05-01.
739. A legatee by particular title who accepts the legacy is not an heir, but is seised as an heir of the property of the legacy by the death of the deceased or by the event giving effect to his legacy.
He is not liable for the debts of the deceased on the property of the legacy unless the other property of the succession is insufficient to pay the debts, in which case he is liable only up to the value of the property he takes.
1991, c. 64, a. 739.
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