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Article 988Acceptance or Renunciation of a Legacy by the Legatee's Heir

第九百八十八条(受遺者の相続人による遺贈の承認又は放棄)

If a legatee dies without accepting or renouncing a legacy, the legatee's heir may accept or renounce the legacy within the scope of the heir's own right of inheritance; provided, however, that if the testator manifests different intention by will, that intention prevails.

受遺者が遺贈の承認又は放棄をしないで死亡したときは、その相続人は、自己の相続権の範囲内で、遺贈の承認又は放棄をすることができる。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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