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Chapter VI.
Wills.

Section I.
General Provisions.

1060.

A will can be made only in the forms prescribed by this law.

1061.

A person who has completed his fifteenth year can make a will.

1062.

The provisions of Arts. 4, 9, 12, 14 do not apply to a will.

1063.

A testator must at the time of making the will have capacity for doing so.

1064.

A testator may dispose of the whole or of a part of his property by a universal or singular title, provided that he must not contravene the provisions of law relating to legal portions.