Civil Code Art. 1045: Provisions Common to

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1045
Topic: Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions
Book: BOOK III DIFFERENT MODES OF ACQUIRING OWNERSHIP Preliminary Provision
Title: TITLE IV SUCCESSION
Chapter: CHAPTER 4 Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions
Formerly: Art. 993a of the old Civil Code
Year: 1949

The provision

The lawful representatives of corporations, associations, institutions and entities qualified to acquire property may accept any inheritance left to the latter, but in order to repudiate it, the approval of the court shall be necessary. (993a)

Cases applying this article

In Re Intestate Estate of the Deceased Francisco Tordilla v. Moises Tordilla G.R. No. 39547

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