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157 — Puerto Rico Law | CourtGPT
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  6. Part II - Absence/
  7. Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee § 151 - Provisional Possession by Heirs After Five Years/
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Puerto Rico Legal Code

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If the will institutes a universal heir, he shall be preferred to the presumptive heir unless they are forced heirs, and shall be given the provisional possession of the property of the absentee, but giving security for his administration. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 49.