1
Succession begins at death and concerns the estate remaining after prior charges and lawful debts.
2
Descendants, ascendants, spouse, siblings, and more remote kin inherit according to the received order and degree, subject to the specific system applied.
3
Representation may allow descendants of a predeceased heir to stand in that heir's place where the rule recognizes it.
4
No heir may enlarge his share by concealing estate property.
5
An heir may be excluded for causes recognized by law, but disinheritance shall not be invented from mere hostility.
6
Property held in trust or belonging to another is not part of the decedent's estate merely because it was physically in his possession.
7
Ecclesiastical property personally administered by a bishop or monk must be distinguished from personal property.