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Article 1086 of the French Civil Code

A gift by marriage contract in favour of the spouses and the unborn children of their marriage may still be made, on condition of paying indiscriminately all the debts and charges of the donor’s estate, or under other conditions the performance of which would depend on his will, by whomever the gift is made : the donee will be bound to fulfil these conditions, if he does not prefer to renounce the donation; and in the event that the donor, by marriage contract, has reserved to himself the freedom to dispose of an instrument included in the donation of his present property, or of a fixed sum to be taken from that same property, the instrument or the sum, if he dies without having disposed of it, will be deemed to be included in the donation and will belong to the donee or to his heirs.

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Article 1086

La donation par contrat de mariage en faveur des époux et des enfants à naître de leur mariage pourra encore être faite, à condition de payer indistinctement toutes les dettes et charges de la succession du donateur, ou sous d’autres conditions dont l’exécution dépendrait de sa volonté, par quelque personne que la donation soit faite : le donataire sera tenu d’accomplir ces conditions, s’il n’aime mieux renoncer à la donation ; et en cas que le donateur, par contrat de mariage, se soit réservé la liberté de disposer d’un effet compris dans la donation de ses biens présents, ou d’une somme fixe à prendre sur ces mêmes biens, l’effet ou la somme, s’il meurt sans en avoir disposé, seront censés compris dans la donation et appartiendront au donataire ou à ses héritiers.

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