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Article 889Right of Inheritance of Lineal Ascendants and Siblings

第八百八十九条(直系尊属及び兄弟姉妹の相続権)

If no one becomes an heir pursuant to the provisions of Article 887, the following persons become heirs in accordance with their places in the line of succession, in the following order:

次に掲げる者は、第八百八十七条の規定により相続人となるべき者がない場合には、次に掲げる順序の順位に従って相続人となる。

lineal ascendants of the decedent; provided, however, that between persons of differing degrees of kinship, persons of a closer degree of kinship to the decedent have priority in inheritance;

被相続人の直系尊属。ただし、親等の異なる者の間では、その近い者を先にする。

siblings of the decedent.

被相続人の兄弟姉妹

The provisions of Article 887, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis in a case as referred to in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph.

第八百八十七条第二項の規定は、前項第二号の場合について準用する。

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