# 民法 / Civil Code — 第九百三条 (Article 903)

- Law: 民法 (Civil Code), 明治二十九年法律第八十九号
- English title "Civil Code": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第九百三条 (Article 903)（特別受益者の相続分） — address `art-903`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-903
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### 第九百三条（特別受益者の相続分） — (Share in the Decedent's Estate of an Heir Who Has Received a Special Benefit)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-903 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-903 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-903</sup>

    **第一項**  共同相続人中に、被相続人から、遺贈を受け、又は婚姻若しくは養子縁組のため若しくは生計の資本として贈与を受けた者があるときは、被相続人が相続開始の時において有した財産の価額にその贈与の価額を加えたものを相続財産とみなし、第九百条から第九百二条までの規定により算定した相続分の中からその遺贈又は贈与の価額を控除した残額をもってその者の相続分とする。
    <sup>art-903/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-903/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-903/par-1</sup>
    If any of the coheirs has received from the decedent a legacy or other gift for marriage or adoption or as capital for subsistence, the estate of the decedent is deemed to comprise the value of the property belonging to the decedent at the time the succession opens plus the value of all such legacies and other gifts, and the share in the estate of a coheir who has received such a legacy or other gift is the amount remaining after the value of all such legacies and other gifts thereto is deducted from the heir's share of the estate as calculated pursuant to the provisions of Articles 900 through 902.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第二項**  遺贈又は贈与の価額が、相続分の価額に等しく、又はこれを超えるときは、受遺者又は受贈者は、その相続分を受けることができない。
    <sup>art-903/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-903/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-903/par-2</sup>
    If the value of legacies and other gifts is equal to or exceeds the value of the share in the estate of the legatee or donee, that legatee or donee may not receive a share of the estate.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第三項**  被相続人が前二項の規定と異なった意思を表示したときは、その意思に従う。
    <sup>art-903/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-903/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-903/par-3</sup>
    If the decedent has manifested an intention differing from the provisions of one of the preceding two paragraphs, that intention is to be followed.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第四項**  婚姻期間が二十年以上の夫婦の一方である被相続人が、他の一方に対し、その居住の用に供する建物又はその敷地について遺贈又は贈与をしたときは、当該被相続人は、その遺贈又は贈与について第一項の規定を適用しない旨の意思を表示したものと推定する。
    <sup>art-903/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-903/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-903/par-4</sup>
    If a decedent who is one spouse of a married couple whose marriage has lasted 20 years or more has made a bequest or gift to the other spouse of a building used for their residence or the land on which it stands, the decedent is presumed to have manifested an intention that the provisions of paragraph (1) are not to apply to that bequest or gift.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-903/par-1: 第九百条から第九百二条まで → 民法 第九百条 (Article 900), art-900 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-900 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-900
- art-903/par-1: 第九百条から第九百二条まで → 民法 第九百一条 (Article 901), art-901 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-901 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-901
- art-903/par-1: 第九百条から第九百二条まで → 民法 第九百二条 (Article 902), art-902 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-902 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-902
- art-903/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第九百三条第一項 (Article 903, paragraph (1)), art-903/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-903/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-903/par-1
- art-903/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第九百三条第二項 (Article 903, paragraph (2)), art-903/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-903/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-903/par-2
- art-903/par-4: 第一項 → 民法 第九百三条第一項 (Article 903, paragraph (1)), art-903/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-903/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-903/par-1

## Cited by

8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 民法 第九百三条第三項（特別受益者の相続分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-903/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-903/par-3
- 民法 第九百三条第四項（特別受益者の相続分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-903/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-903/par-4
- 民法 第九百四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-904/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-904/par-1
- 民法 第九百四条の三第一項（期間経過後の遺産の分割における相続分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-904-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-904-3/par-1
- 民法 第千二十八条第三項（配偶者居住権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-1028/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1028/par-3
- 民法 第千四十六条第二項第一号（遺留分侵害額の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-1046/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1046/par-2/item-1
- 民法 第千四十六条第二項第二号（遺留分侵害額の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-1046/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1046/par-2/item-2
- 民法 附則第四条第一項（夫婦間における居住用不動産の遺贈又は贈与に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4301-72/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4301-72/art-4/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 民法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/129AC0000000089/20260624_508AC0000000045), retrieved 2026-10-11
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Civil Code — Ministry of Justice translation (part 2 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4275/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Civil Code — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4848/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch civil-code-20261011T170941-006, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11