State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 1811 - Legacy without effect - The legacy shall be without effect: 1. Where the testator alienates the bequeathed thing in any manner; 2. Where the bequeathed thing is not capable of being owned or possessed; 3. Where the testator transforms the bequeathed thing in a way that it does not have either the original form or its denomination; 4. Where the testator has been dispossessed of the bequeathed thing or it has wholly perished during the lifetime of the testator, or where the dispossession or extinction takes place subsequently without the heir having contributed towards the same. § Sole paragraph – The one who is obliged to carry out the bequest shall be held responsible, however, for the dispossession where the thing delivered has not been specified in species.