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Disinheritance made without a statement of the cause, The preterition of one or all of the forced heirs in the
or for a cause the truth of which, if contradicted, is not direct line, whether living at the time of the execution
proven, ... shall annul the institution of the heir in so of the will or born after the death of the testator, shall
far as it prejudices the person disinherited; but the void the institution of heir; but the legacies and
legacies, betterments, and other testamentary betterments shall be valid, in so far as they are not
inofficious.
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Preterition consists in the omission in the testator's will of the
forced heirs or anyone of them, either because they are not
mentioned therein, or, though mentioned, they are neither
instituted as heirs nor are expressly disinherited.(Cf. 6 Manresa,
346.) In the instant case, while the children of the first marriage
were mentioned in the will, they were not accorded any share in
the heriditary property, without expressly being disinherited. It is,
therefore, a clear case of preterition as contended by appellants.
The omission of the forced heirs or anyone of them, whether
voluntary or involuntary, is a preterition if the purpose to
disinherit is not expressly made or is not at least manifest.
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