This section is from the book "Popular Law Library Vol12 International Law, Conflict Of Laws, Spanish-American Laws, Legal Ethics", by Albert H. Putney. Also available from Amazon: Popular Law-Dictionary.
Art. 763. A person who has no heirs by force of law may dispose by will of all his property or part of it in favor of any person qualified to acquire it.
A person who having heirs by force of law may dispose of his property only in the manner and with the limitations established in section 5 of this chapter.
 
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