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# Practical Guide
I want to understand the reserves in succession
Swiss law protects certain heirs through reserved shares (art. 470-471 CC, revision entered into force on 1 January 2023). Since the revision, the reserved shares are: 1/2 of the statutory share for descendants (previously: 3/4), 1/2 for the surviving spouse (previously: 1/2, unchanged). The…
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⚖️ Articles, deadlines and authorities reviewed by our legal AI on 2026-04-29. Does not replace a human lawyer.
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- I'm ready to translate Swiss legal text into English, preserving all protected tokens, URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders exactly as they appear. I note your preferred glossary: - formal notice => formal notice - payment order => payment order - lease agreement => lease agreement However, I notice that the text to translate appears to be only "CC 471" - which is a protected token that must be preserved exactly as is. Please provide the actual legal text you would like me to translate, and I will translate it while: 1. Preserving every protected token (__JB_KEEP_*__) exactly 2. Preserving every URL, law reference, amount, date, citation and placeholder exactly 3. Applying your preferred glossary terms where applicable — Hereditary reserves
- I'm ready to translate Swiss legal texts into English. However, I notice that the text you've provided only contains a placeholder token (CC 522) with no actual content to translate. Please provide the Swiss legal text you would like me to translate, and I will: - Preserve every protected token (__JB_KEEP_*__) - Preserve every URL, law reference, amount, date, citation, and placeholder exactly - Use your preferred glossary: - formal notice => formal notice - payment order => payment order - lease agreement => lease agreement - Return only the translation — Action for Reduction
- I'm ready to translate Swiss legal text into English while preserving all protected tokens, URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders exactly as they appear. I'll also use your preferred glossary terms: - formal notice = formal notice - payment order = payment order - lease agreement = lease agreement However, I notice that the text you've provided only contains "CC 527" which is a protected token placeholder. There's no actual content to translate. Please provide the full Swiss legal text you'd like me to translate, and I'll translate it while keeping all protected tokens intact. — Liberalities subject to reduction
- I appreciate your request, but I notice that the text to translate appears to be just a placeholder token "CC 533" with no actual content to translate. Could you please provide the actual legal text that needs to be translated? Once you provide the Swiss legal text, I will translate it into English while: - Preserving all protected tokens (__JB_KEEP_*__) - Maintaining all URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations and placeholders exactly as they appear - Using your preferred glossary terms: - formal notice => formal notice - payment order => payment order - lease agreement => lease agreement — Prescription of the Action for Reduction
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