State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 1865 - Reciprocal substitution - When the co-heirs or the legatees with equal shares are reciprocally substituted it shall be understood that they have so been in the same proportion. § Sole paragraph – Where however, the ones instituted by way of substitution are more than the persons substituted and nothing is declared, it shall be understood that they have been substituted in equal shares.