{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:856","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Petitio Haereditatis. - 1. Principle","number":"856","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/856/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK III - SUCCESSIONS","title":"TITLE II. LIQUIDATION OF SUCCESSIONS","chapter":"Chapter 3. - Final Determination of the Persons Entitled to the Succession","section":"Section 3. - Certificate of Heir and Petitio Haereditatis","paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"Where a person without a valid title has taken possession of the succession or of a portion thereof, the true heir may institute an action of petitio haereditatis against such person to have his status of heir acknowledged and obtain the restitution of the property of the inheritance.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/856/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":235,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/235/?article=856&paragraph=lead#article-856-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."}