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998.

If an expectant heir to property who is entitled to a legal portion illtreats or grossly insults the ancestor, the latter may apply to the court to deprive him of his right of succession.

999.

The ancestor may at any time apply to the court to cancel the deprivation of the right of succession to the property.

1000.

The provisions of Arts. 976 and 978 apply correspondingly to the deprivation of the right of succession to property.

Section III.
The Effect of Succession to Property.

Subsection I.
General Provisions.

1001.

The heir to property succeeds from the time when the succession occurs to all the rights and duties pertaining to the property of the ancestor except so far as they are merely personal.

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