Civil Code Art. 1056: Provisions Common to

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1056
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. 997 of the old Civil Code
Year: 1949

The provision

The acceptance or repudiation of an inheritance, once made, is irrevocable, and cannot be impugned, except when it was made through any of the causes that vitiate consent, or when an unknown will appears. (997)

Cases applying this article

Cirilo T. Javelosa v. Conrado Barrios G.R. No. 46096
Vivencio Legasto v. Maria Verzosa G.R. No. 32344

Related provisions in this Chapter

Civil Code, Art. 1061 Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions
Civil Code, Art. 1049 Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions
Civil Code, Art. 1045 Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions
Civil Code, Art. 1067 Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions
Civil Code, Art. 1068 Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions

Civil Code, Art. 1056 is found in CHAPTER 4 Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions of TITLE IV SUCCESSION of BOOK III DIFFERENT MODES OF ACQUIRING OWNERSHIP Preliminary Provision of the Civil Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 386).

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