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Book 5 · Law of succession  ›  Division 6 · Unworthiness to inherit › Section 2340

Enforcement of the unworthiness to inherit by avoidance

(1) Unworthiness to inherit is enforced by avoidance of the acquisition of the inheritance.

(2) Avoidance is admissible only after the devolution of the inheritance. Avoidance may be effected as against a reversionary heir as soon as the inheritance has devolved upon the provisional heir.

(3) Avoidance may be effected only within the periods specified in section 2082.

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