Art. 527 a. Cases

The following are subject to abatement in the same manner as testamentary dispositions:

1.: advances against a person’s share of an inheritance made in the form of wedding gifts, settlements or assignments of assets, to the extent these are not subject to hotchpot;
2.: compensation payments in settlement of future rights of inheritance;
3.: gifts that were freely revocable by the deceased or made in the five years prior to his or her death, with the exception of customary occasional gifts;
4.: assets alienated by the deceased with the obvious intention of circumventing the limitations on his or her testamentary freedom.

Art. 526 2. Legs d’une chose déterminée

Lorsque le legs d’une chose déterminée qui ne peut être partagée sans perdre de sa valeur est soumis à réduction, le légataire a le droit soit de se faire délivrer la chose contre remboursement de l’excédent, soit de réclamer le disponible.

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