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Section II.
Acceptance.

Subsection I.
Absolute Acceptance.

1023.

If the heir accepts absolutely, he succeeds to the rights and duties of the ancestor without limitation.

1024.

In the following cases the heir is deemed to have accepted absolutely:—

  1. If he disposes of the estate wholly or partly but this does not apply to acts done for the preservation of the estate or to contracts of letting for not longer than the period specified in Art. 602;
  2. If he does not accept qualifiedly or refuse within the period specified in Art. 1017, 1;
  3. If, although he has accepted qualifiedly or refused, he conceals property belonging to the estate or consumes it for his own benefit or intentionally omits to enter it in the inventory; but this does not apply after a person who has become heir in consequence of his refusal, has declared his acceptance.
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