The testator may, in his will; expressly disinherit his heirs-at-law, or any of them, without appointing a legatee by universal title.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 797
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In such case, the succession shall devolve as though the heir or heirs who has or have been disinherited had died before the testator.