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Article 807 of the French Civil Code

As long as prescription of the right to accept has not been acquired against him, the heir may revoke his renunciation by accepting the succession purely and simply, if it has not already been accepted by another heir or if the State has not already been sent into possession.

Such acceptance is retroactive to the day on which the succession was opened, without, however, calling into question any rights that may have been acquired by third parties in the property of the succession by prescription or by acts validly done with the curator of the vacant succession.

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Article 807

Tant que la prescription du droit d’accepter n’est pas acquise contre lui, l’héritier peut révoquer sa renonciation en acceptant la succession purement et simplement, si elle n’a pas été déjà acceptée par un autre héritier ou si l’Etat n’a pas déjà été envoyé en possession.

Cette acceptation rétroagit au jour de l’ouverture de la succession, sans toutefois remettre en cause les droits qui peuvent être acquis à des tiers sur les biens de la succession par prescription ou par actes valablement faits avec le curateur à la succession vacante.

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