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Book V.

Succession.

Chapter I.
Succession to a House.[1]

Section I.
General Provisions.

964.

A succession to a house occurs:—

  1. When the head of the house dies, resigns the headship or loses his nationality;
  2. When the head of the house in consequence of the cancellation of a marriage or adoption quits his house;
  3. When a woman who is the head of a house marries a man who enters her house, or when such a marriage is cancelled or dissolved by divorce.
  1. ↑ That is, succession to the headship of a house and certain property appurtenant to the headship.
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