Text of the provision
Art. 878. A disposition with a suspensive term does not prevent the instituted heir from acquiring his rights and transmitting them to his heirs even before the arrival of the term.
(799a)
Civil Code of the Philippines, Republic Act No. 386, approved June 18, 1949, effective August 30, 1950. Reproduced in full; verified verbatim against the LawPhil and ChanRobles official-text renderings.
What this article means
A disposition with a suspensive term does not prevent the instituted heir from acquiring his rights and transmitting them to his own heirs even before the term arrives.
Related provisions
- Article 876 — Purely Potestative Conditions.
- Article 879 — Negative Potestative Conditions (Caucion Muciana).
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.
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