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Article 758-5 of the French Civil Code

The calculation of the spouse’s full ownership right provided for in articles 757 and 757-1 will be made on a mass made up of all the property existing at the death of her husband to which will be fictitiously joined those which he may have disposed of, either by inter vivos deed or by testamentary deed, in favour of successors, without dispensation of report.

The spouse may only exercise his or her right over property which the predeceased has disposed of neither by inter vivos deed nor by testamentary deed, and without prejudice to the rights of reserve or rights of reversion.

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Article 758-5

Le calcul du droit en toute propriété du conjoint prévu aux articles 757 et 757-1 sera opéré sur une masse faite de tous les biens existant au décès de son époux auxquels seront réunis fictivement ceux dont il aurait disposé, soit par acte entre vifs, soit par acte testamentaire, au profit de successibles, sans dispense de rapport.

Le conjoint ne pourra exercer son droit que sur les biens dont le prédécédé n’aura disposé ni par acte entre vifs, ni par acte testamentaire, et sans préjudicier aux droits de réserve ni aux droits de retour.

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