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Who are the male and female heirs in detail, and who among them inherits when they are all present?

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The male inheritors are fifteen: the son, the son's son (and lower), the father, the grandfather (father's father and higher), the full brother, the half-brother (from the father's side), the half-brother (from the mother's side), the full brother's son, the half-brother's son (from the father's side), the full paternal uncle, the half paternal uncle (from the father's side), the full paternal uncle's son, the half paternal uncle's son (from the father's side), the husband, and the emancipator.

The female inheritors are ten: the daughter, the son's daughter, the son's son's daughter (and lower), the mother, the grandmother (mother's mother and higher, father's mother and higher, father's father's mother), the full sister, the half-sister (from the father's side), the half-sister (from the mother's side), the wife, and the emancipatrix.

If all inheritors are present, only the mother, father, husband, wife, son, and daughter inherit.

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