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Article 998Obligation of the Person Obligated to Perform a Legacy to Deliver

第九百九十八条(遺贈義務者の引渡義務)

A person charged with a legacy is obligated to deliver or transfer the thing or right that is the object of the legacy in the condition it was in at the time of the opening of succession (or, if the thing or right was specified as the object of the legacy after that, at the time it was specified); provided, however, that if the testator manifests a different intention in the will, that intention prevails.

遺贈義務者は、遺贈の目的である物又は権利を、相続開始の時(その後に当該物又は権利について遺贈の目的として特定した場合にあっては、その特定した時)の状態で引き渡し、又は移転する義務を負う。ただし、遺言者がその遺言に別段の意思を表示したときは、その意思に従う。

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