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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1096"
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heading: "Intestate succession, definition."
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# Art. 1096. Intestate succession, definition.

A succession is called intestate when the deceased has left no will, or when his will has been revoked or annulled as irregular.

Therefore the heirs to whom a succession has fallen by the effects of law only, are called heirs ab intestato.