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Article 1016 of the French Civil Code

The costs of the application for delivery shall be borne by the estate, without however resulting in any reduction of the legal reserve.

Registration duties shall be payable by the legatee.

All, if not otherwise ordered by the will.

Each legacy may be registered separately, without such registration benefiting anyone other than the legatee or his successors in title.

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Article 1016

Les frais de la demande en délivrance seront à la charge de la succession, sans néanmoins qu’il puisse en résulter de réduction de la réserve légale.

Les droits d’enregistrement seront dus par le légataire.

Le tout, s’il n’en a été autrement ordonné par le testament.

Chaque legs pourra être enregistré séparément, sans que cet enregistrement puisse profiter à aucun autre qu’au légataire ou à ses ayants cause.

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