Civil Code · English · 2015
Article 767
Lapse of Legacies
(1)A legacy made in favor of a person shall lapse where the legatee dies before the testator or he cannot or does not want to take such legacy.
# (2)Where the legatee named dies before the testator, representation shall take place:
# (a)where it is a case of a legacy by universal title; or
# (b)where it is a case of a legacy by singular title and where, in default of a legatee, the property bequeathed is to devolve upon the state.
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