rapport a succession

1 definition found

rapport a succession - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  RAPPORT A SUCCESSION. A French term used in Louisiana, which is somewhat 
  similar in its meaning to our homely term hotchpot. It is the reunion to the 
  mass of the succession, of the things given by the deceased ancestor to his 
  heir, in order that the whole may be divided among the do-heirs. 
       2. The obligation to make the rapport has a triple foundation. 1. It is 
  to be presumed that the deceased intended in making an advancement, to give 
  only a portion of the inheritance. 2. It establishes the equality of a 
  division, at least, with regard to the children of the same parent, who all 
  have an equal right to the succession. 3. It preserves in families that 
  harmony, which is always disturbed by unjust favors to one who has only an 
  equal right. Dall. Dict. h.t. See Advancement; Collation; Hotchpot.