The Court shall declare the absence where the death of the absentee appears to it to be probable.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 144
Principle of Decision · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
In making its decision, it shall have regard to all the circumstances of the case.
It shall in particular take into consideration whether the person whose absence is invoked has or has not appointed an attorney to administer his property and the causes which may have impeded receipt of news of him.