State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 1808 - Condition to marry or not to marry - The condition which prohibits the heir or the legatee from getting married, or from not marrying, except when the same is imposed on a widower or a widow having children, by the deceased spouse or by his descendants or ascendants, as well as the condition which compels him to take or not to take ecclesiastical vows or a certain and specified profession, shall be deemed as not written. § Sole paragraph – The testamentary dispositions which limit the duration of the benefits to the status of bachelor, marriage or widowhood of the respective heir or legatee, are not included in this article.