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Article 1094-1 of the French Civil Code

In the event that the spouse leaves children or descendants, whether or not of the marriage, he or she may dispose in favour of the other spouse either of the ownership of what he or she could dispose of in favour of a stranger, or of one quarter of his or her property in ownership and the other three quarters in usufruct, or of all of his or her property in usufruct only.

Unless otherwise stipulated by the settlor, the surviving spouse may limit his or her emolument to part of the property disposed of in his or her favour. This limitation cannot be considered as a liberality made to the other successors.

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Article 1094-1

Pour le cas où l’époux laisserait des enfants ou descendants, issus ou non du mariage, il pourra disposer en faveur de l’autre époux, soit de la propriété de ce dont il pourrait disposer en faveur d’un étranger, soit d’un quart de ses biens en propriété et des trois autres quarts en usufruit, soit encore de la totalité de ses biens en usufruit seulement.

Sauf stipulation contraire du disposant, le conjoint survivant peut cantonner son émolument sur une partie des biens dont il a été disposé en sa faveur. Cette limitation ne peut être considérée comme une libéralité faite aux autres successibles.

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