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Does the deceased son inherit after his father's will to divide the inheritance while the latter is still alive?

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There is nothing for the son who dies before his father from his father's inheritance, neither as an inheritance nor as a bequest. This is because the death of the legatee before the testator nullifies the bequest by consensus, just as there is no bequest for an heir.

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