{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:707","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Saisine","number":"707","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/707/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK III - SUCCESSIONS","title":"TITLE I. - DEVOLUTION OF SUCCESSIONS","chapter":"Chapter 1. - General Provisions","section":"Section 1. - Opening of Succession and Things Making up a Succession","paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"The rights and obligations of the deceased which form the inheritance shall pass to his heirs and legatees in proportion to their shares in the inheritance, in accordance with the provisions of this Book, unless the nature of these rights and obligations justifies that they terminate by the death of the deceased.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/707/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":197,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/197/?article=707&paragraph=lead#article-707-lead"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}