State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 1821 - Legacy of a credit - Where the testator bequeaths any credit that he has, whether against a third party, or against the legatee himself or gives to the latter discharge of the debt, the heir shall carry out the bequest by giving to the legatee the respective documents. § Sole paragraph – If the credit is found to have been extinguished by compensation, in whole or in part, the legatee may demand from the heir the equivalent of that credit, or of the part that was compensated; but if the extinction of the debt was due to another reason he/she may not demand anything.