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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1095"
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heading: "Vacant succession, definition."
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# Art. 1095. Vacant succession, definition.

A succession is called vacant when no one claims it, or when all the heirs are unknown, or when all the known heirs to it have renounced it.