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provisions relating to the legal portion of the heir to the house.

989.

If a succession to a house takes place because of a resignation of the headship or of the marriage of a woman who is the head of the house, the creditors of the former head of the house may demand performance from such former head.

If a succession to a house takes place because such marriage as aforementioned is cancelled or dissolved by divorce, the performance of obligations which have arisen while the husband was head of the house may still be demanded from him.

990.

A person who becomes heir to a house because the head of the house loses his nationality succeeds only to the headship and to the rights specially pertaining to the succession to the house. But by these provisions the succession to the legal portion and to such property as the former head of the house has specially designated as property pertaining to the succession to the house is not affected.

If the person who loses his nationality has rights which only a Japanese subject can hold, these fall to the heir of the house, unless the former head assigns them to a Japanese subject within one year.

991.

If a succession to a house takes place because the head of the house loses his nationality, the creditors of the former head may demand performance from the heir

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