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Article 902Designation of a Person's Share of the Estate by Will

第九百二条(遺言による相続分の指定)

Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding two Articles, a person leaving an estate may decide by will the share of a coheir or entrust a third party by will with deciding the same.

被相続人は、前二条の規定にかかわらず、遺言で、共同相続人の相続分を定め、又はこれを定めることを第三者に委託することができる。

If a person leaving an estate decides, or has a third party decide, only one or some of the coheirs' shares in the estate coheir, the shares of the other coheirs are decided pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two Articles.

被相続人が、共同相続人中の一人若しくは数人の相続分のみを定め、又はこれを第三者に定めさせたときは、他の共同相続人の相続分は、前二条の規定により定める。

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