If the testator has made provision, without more precise identification, for the poor, then in case of doubt it is to be assumed that provision is made to the public poor relief fund of the municipality in the district of which the testator had their last residence, subject to the testamentary burden of having to distribute the gift among poor persons.
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Book 5 · Law of succession › Title 1 · General provisions › Section 2072
The poor
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