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(f) “estate leaver” means the person upon whose death the transmission of his estate
takes place;
(g) “forced heir” means the heir whom the estate leaver cannot deprive of the portion
of his estate reserved to such heir by law, except in cases where the law permits the
estate leaver to disinherit him;
(h) “head of the family” means the person who is entrusted with the duty to give the list
of the assets and liabilities of an inheritance and with the management of the inheritance
till the finalization of the partition;
(i) “inofficious gift or will” means a gift or a will made by the estate leaver which
impairs the legitime of the forced heir;
(j) “interdict” means a person who is declared to be incompetent to manage his assets
by an order of the court;
(k) “inventory proceeding” means a proceeding to partition the inheritance of a
deceased person or to obtain a formal order of allotment of inheritance by the court;
(l) “legal or intestate succession” means the succession which takes place by operation
of law;
(m) “liabilities” include all debts, obligations, burdens and encumbrances;
(n) “matrimonial regime” means a system of rules which govern the ownership and
management of the property of married persons as between themselves and towards
third parties;
(o) “moiety holder” means a spouse who has a right to moiety; and right to moiety is
the half-share which any of the spouses has to the common assets of the couple or to the
community properties;
(p) “personal representative” includes a natural guardian, a guardian appointed by
the court and a guardian appointed by parties;
(q) “person under disability” means a person declared by law or by the court as being
incapable of managing his assets and includes a minor, insane person, a deaf and dumb
and an absent person;
(r) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules;
(s) “prodigal” means a person who is major in age but is a habitual spendthrift or has
extravagant habits and is adjudged by a court as being incapable of managing his
assets;
(t) “renunciation or repudiation of heirship” means the relinquishment of the inheritance
made by a person entitled to inherit by succession and to succeed;