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Chapter 3. - Wills

Art. 730Strictly Personal Nature
Art. 731Prohibition of Joint Wills
Art. 732Undertakings Relating to Wills
Art. 733Capacity
Art. 734Insanity
Art. 735Execution Impossible
Art. 736Illicit Provisions
Art. 737Threat
Art. 738Undue Influence. - 1. Principle
Art. 7392. Provisions in Favor of Guardian
Art. 7403. Physicians and Clergymen
Art. 7414. Notary or Witness of Will
Art. 7425. Spouse of Testator
Art. 7436. Relations
Art. 7447. Application for Invalidation
Art. 7458. Court to Give Reasoned Decision
Art. 746Fraud
Art. 747Mistake
Art. 748Effect of Nullity of a Provision
Art. 749Nullity of Conditions or Burdens
Art. 750Various Kinds of Wills
Art. 751Central Registration
Art. 752Public Will
Art. 753Capacity of Witnesses
Art. 754Holograph Will
Art. 755Erasures, Cancellations and Words Written Over
Art. 756Additions
Art. 757Oral Will
Art. 758More than One Will
Art. 759Proof of Will
Art. 760Express Revocation
Art. 761Destruction or Cancellation
Art. 762Alienation of the Thing Bequeathed
Art. 763Lapse of Oral Wills
Art. 764Lapse of Holograph Wills
Art. 765Birth of Child
Art. 766Provision in Favor of Spouse
Art. 767Lapse of Legacies
Art. 768Different Kinds of Dispositions
Art. 769Interpretation
Art. 770Presumption
Art. 771Legacies by Universal or Singular Title
Art. 772Legacies and Rules of Partition
Art. 773Appointment of Legatee by Universal Title. - 1. Form
Art. 7742. Effects
Art. 775Determination of Beneficiary of Legacy
Art. 776Legacy in Favor of the Poor
Art. 777Several Legatees
Art. 778Determination of Subject of Legacy
Art. 779Principle
Art. 780Condition of Marrying or Not Marrying
Art. 781Presumption
Art. 782Security
Art. 783Principle
Art. 784Limit of Obligation
Art. 785Execution of Charge
Art. 786Dissolution of Legacies
Art. 787Unforeseen Circumstances and Legacy or Charge
Art. 788Substitutio Vulgaris
Art. 789Principle
Art. 790Persons Who may be Called to Succeed
Art. 791Effects
Art. 792Limitation of Power of the Court
Art. 793Time for Bringing Action
Art. 794Limitation of Substitution to One Passage
Art. 795Refusal by Institute
Art. 796Default of Person Called to Succeed
Art. 797Express
Art. 798Special Provision Regarding Descendants
Art. 799Tacit Disinheritance
Art. 800Prohibition of Certain Provisions

Civil Code · English · 2015

Article 736

Illicit Provisions

A provision contained in a will shall be of no effect where its object is contrary to the law or morality.

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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.

Source title: Civil Code of the State of Eritrea
Edition: 2015
Issuing body: Ministry of Justice, State of Eritrea
Repository: FAOLEX
Language: English
Source pages: 204

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