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  "heading": "Intestate succession, definition.",
  "text": "A succession is called intestate when the deceased has left no will, or when his will has been revoked or annulled as irregular.\n\nTherefore the heirs to whom a succession has fallen by the effects of law only, are called heirs ab intestato.",
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