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# Practical Guide
# I inherit debts
The heirs respond jointly and severally for the debts of the deceased on their own assets (art. 603 CC). To protect himself, the heir has three options: (1) repudiate the succession within 3 months from knowledge of death (art. 567 CC) — he loses all rights but assumes no debt,…
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- I'm ready to translate from French to English while preserving all protected tokens, URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders. However, I notice that the text to translate only contains a protected token (CC 603) with no actual content to translate. Please provide the text you would like me to translate, and I will apply the preferred glossary terms you've specified: - formal notice => formal notice - payment order => payment order - lease agreement => lease agreement — Joint and several liability of heirs
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