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Article 726 of the French Civil Code

The following are unworthy of succession and, as such, excluded from the estate:

1° Anyone who is sentenced, as perpetrator or accomplice, to a criminal penalty for having wilfully caused or attempted to cause the death of the deceased;

2° Anyone who is sentenced, as perpetrator or accomplice, to a criminal penalty for having wilfully struck or committed violence or assault resulting in the death of the deceased without intent to cause it.

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Article 726

Sont indignes de succéder et, comme tels, exclus de la succession :

1° Celui qui est condamné, comme auteur ou complice, à une peine criminelle pour avoir volontairement donné ou tenté de donner la mort au défunt ;

2° Celui qui est condamné, comme auteur ou complice, à une peine criminelle pour avoir volontairement porté des coups ou commis des violences ou voies de fait ayant entraîné la mort du défunt sans intention de la donner.

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