State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 1822 - Institution under condition; administration of the estate - Where the heir is instituted under a condition precedent, the inheritance shall be placed under administration, until the condition is fulfilled or until there is certainty that it cannot be fulfilled. § Sole paragraph – The administration shall be entrusted to the testamentary co-heir, appointed without condition, if between the latter and the heir appointed under condition there is room for the right of accretion.