State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 2027 - Forms of acceptance - Conduct of the heir - The acceptance is express or tacit. § 1 - It is express, when the heir adopts such title or qualification in any public or private act. § 2 - It is tacit, when the heir does some act from which the intention of accepting is necessarily inferred, or it is of such a nature that he could not do it otherwise than in the capacity of heir.