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If any other just cause exists, the ancestor may with the consent of the family council apply to the court to have the legal expectant heir to the house deprived of his right of succession.

If the ancestor has by his will expressed his intention that the expectant heir of the house shall be deprived of his right of succession, the executor of the will must without delay after the will takes effect apply to the court to have the expectant heir of the house deprived of his right. In such case the deprivation relates back to the time of the death of the ancestor.

If the cause for which an expectant heir to a house has been deprived of his right of succession ceases to exist, the ancestor or the expectant heir himself may apply to the court to have the decree of deprivation cancelled. In the case of Art. 975, 1, No. 1 the ancestor may at any time apply for the cancellation of the deprivation.

The provisions of the foregoing two paragraphs do not apply after the succession has occurred.

The provisions of the preceding article apply correspondingly to the cancellation of the deprivation.

When the succession occurs after an application has been made for the deprivation of the right of succession to the house or for the cancellation of such deprivation, but before the decree made on such application has