Heirs
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
BENEFICIARY.
In Civil Law. Those who have accepted the succession un- <ler the benefit of an inventory regularly made.
I^a.
Civ. Code, art.
879.
If the heir apprehend that the succession will be burdened with debts beyond its value, he accepts with benefit of inventory, and in that case he is responsible only > for the value of the succession.