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I have a situation related to: Debts responsibility of heirs
By accepting the succession (express or implied), the heirs become owners of the assets but also respond jointly and severally for the debts of the deceased on their own estate (art. 560 and 603 CC). Joint and several liability means that each creditor can claim…
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- I'm ready to translate Swiss legal texts into English while preserving all protected tokens, URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders. I'll use the preferred glossary you've provided: - 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 560" (a protected token placeholder). Please provide the actual Swiss legal text you'd like me to translate, and I'll proceed with the translation while preserving all protected tokens and legal terminology exactly as specified. — Acquisition — universality
- CC 567 — Time Limit for Renunciation
- 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. However, I notice that the text to be translated only contains `CC 580` with no actual content following it. Please provide the Swiss legal text you would like me to translate, and I will: - Translate it into English - Preserve every protected token (__JB_KEEP_*__) - Keep all URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders unchanged - Apply the preferred glossary terms: - formal notice → formal notice - payment order → payment order - lease agreement → lease agreement — Benefit of Inventory
- I'm ready to translate the text, but I notice that the text to be translated only contains "CC 593" which is a protected token placeholder. Since this is a protected token, I will preserve it exactly as instructed: CC 593 If you have additional Swiss legal text to translate, please provide it and I will translate it while: - Preserving all protected tokens (__JB_KEEP_*__) - Preserving all URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders - Using the preferred glossary terms: - formal notice => formal notice - payment order => payment order - lease agreement => lease agreement — Official liquidation
- I'm ready to help, but I notice that the text to translate appears to be empty or only contains the placeholder "CC 603". Could you please provide the actual text that needs to be translated? Once you share the complete Swiss legal text, I will translate it into English while: - Preserving all protected tokens (like CC 603) - Keeping all URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders exactly as they appear - Using the preferred glossary terms: formal notice, payment order, and lease agreement Please share the text you'd like translated. — Solidarity of heirs
- CC 639 — Liability after partition — 5 years
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