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Article 883 of the French Civil Code

Each co-heir is deemed to have succeeded alone and immediately to all the effects included in his or her lot, or to have fallen to him or her on licitation, and never to have had ownership of the other effects of the succession.

The same applies to property which has fallen to him or her by any other act having the effect of bringing the indivision to an end. No distinction is made according to whether the act causes indivision to cease in whole or in part, in respect of certain property or in respect of certain heirs only.

However, acts validly performed either by virtue of a mandate from the co-partitioners, or by virtue of a judicial authorisation, retain their effects whatever the attribution of the property which was the subject of them at the time of partition.

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Article 883

Chaque cohéritier est censé avoir succédé seul et immédiatement à tous les effets compris dans son lot, ou à lui échus sur licitation, et n’avoir jamais eu la propriété des autres effets de la succession.

Il en est de même des biens qui lui sont advenus par tout autre acte ayant pour effet de faire cesser l’indivision. Il n’est pas distingué selon que l’acte fait cesser l’indivision en tout ou partie, à l’égard de certains biens ou de certains héritiers seulement.

Toutefois, les actes valablement accomplis soit en vertu d’un mandat des coïndivisaires, soit en vertu d’une autorisation judiciaire, conservent leurs effets quelle que soit, lors du partage, l’attribution des biens qui en ont fait l’objet.

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