Succession defined; characteristics thereof
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According to Mison, by the deļ¬nition, the characteristics of succession are as follows:
1. It is a mode of acquiring ownership, one of those enumerated in Article 712 of the Civil Code;
2. It is a gratuitous transmission, sometimes referred to as a donation mortis causa;
3. It is a transmission of property, rights and obligations to another to the extent of the value of the inheritance;
4. The transmission of property, rights, and obligations is by virtue of death; and
5. The transmission occurs either by will or by operation of law.