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Article 947Making Payment and Delivery to Creditors of the Succession and Legatees

第九百四十七条(相続債権者及び受遺者に対する弁済)

An heir may refuse to make payment or delivery to a creditor of the succession or legatee before the expiration of the period referred to in Article 941, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2).

相続人は、第九百四十一条第一項及び第二項の期間の満了前には、相続債権者及び受遺者に対して弁済を拒むことができる。

If a request has been filed for a separation of patrimony, after the expiration of the period referred to in Article 941, paragraph (2), the heir must make payment or delivery to the creditors of the succession and legatees that have requested the separation of patrimony or petitioned to participate in the distribution, out of the assets of the estate, in proportion to the amount of each of their claims; provided, however, that this may not prejudice the rights of any creditor with a right of priority.

財産分離の請求があったときは、相続人は、第九百四十一条第二項の期間の満了後に、相続財産をもって、財産分離の請求又は配当加入の申出をした相続債権者及び受遺者に、それぞれその債権額の割合に応じて弁済をしなければならない。ただし、優先権を有する債権者の権利を害することはできない。

The provisions of Article 930 through Article 934 apply mutatis mutandis to a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph.

第九百三十条から第九百三十四条までの規定は、前項の場合について準用する。

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