{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:761","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Destruction or Cancellation","number":"761","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/761/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK III - SUCCESSIONS","title":"TITLE I. - DEVOLUTION OF SUCCESSIONS","chapter":"Chapter 3. - Wills","section":"Section 1. - Conditions for the Validity of Wills","paragraph":"Paragraph 3. - Revocation and Lapse of Wills"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"The testator may revoke his will or a provision contained therein, by materially destroying or by tearing or by cancelling the contents thereof, in a manner that shows sufficiently his intention of revoking or modifying his will.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/761/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":210,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/210/?article=761&paragraph=p1#article-761-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"Unless the contrary is proved, the testator shall be deemed to have wanted to revoke his will where he has done any one of the actions referred to in the preceding sub-Article.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/761/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":210,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/210/?article=761&paragraph=p2#article-761-p2"}]},{"id":"p3","number":"3","text":"Unless the contrary is proved, the destruction or cancellation of the will shall be deemed to have been done by the testator.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/761/#p3","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":210,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/210/?article=761&paragraph=p3#article-761-p3"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}