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 1182 Ante, p. 1153. Ante, p . 1153. OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL. ,'pe~sririon. aov Bated and en- forced. Interpretation of ob- ligations. General rules. Post, p. 1197. Joint, several, etc. Joint. 72d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 128. FEBRUARY 27, 1933. such succession by reason of the alienage of any relative ; but no nonresident foreigner can take by succession unless he appears and claims su ch succession within five years after the death of the dec edent to whom he c laims succ essio n. CROSS REFEr zFNC ES See, also, section 191. Time to claim succession, see section 192. Escheat of property. SE C, 421. ESCHEAT OF PROP ERTY .-If a per son di es owning any property situated in the Canal Zone and leaving no heir, next of kin, legatee, or other person entitled thereto, such property shall escheat to vol. 9a, p .93o. the United States. (A ct Cong. Dec . 29, 1926, c . 19, ƒ 17,44 Stat. 930 .) CRO SS REFERENCE Ante, p.-u o. See, also, s ection 40 2 (9) . Successor's liability SE C. 422. SUCCESSOR LIABLE FOE nECIEDENTSS OBLIGATIONS : Those or ne ecede nt's „ bugs- who succeed to t h e p ro per ty of a decedent are liable f or his obligations in the cases and to the extent prescribed by the C ode of Civil Proce dure. Person convicted of SEC. 423. PERSON CONVICTED OF a1TIBDEE OF DECEDENT 3sfOT TO STSC- murder of decedent. SEED .---No perso n who has been convi cted of the mur der of the .dece - dent shall be entitled to succeed to any portion of his estate ; but lIke portion ther eof to whic h he would othe rwise he e ntitl ed to simc eed descends to the other p er s on s entitled thereto under th e pro vi sio ns of th is chapter. CH APT ER 27 .-OBLIGATIONS IN GB',NER,AT, DEFINITION OF OBLIGATIONS SEC . 424. OaLIGATaoN, WH A T. ---An obligation is a legal duty, by which a person is bound to do or not to do a certain thing. SEC. 425. Ho w CR EATED AND ENFOR CED .-A n obl ig ati on arises either front : . (1) The contract of the parties ; or, (2) The operation of la w. An ob ligat ion arising from operation of law may be enfo rced in the manner provided by law , or by civil action or proceeding. INTER PRETA TION OF OB LIGAT IONS GE NERAL RULE S OF INTERPRETATION SEC. 426. GENERAL RuIFS .-The rules which gover n the inte rpret a- ti on o f contracts are prescribed by chapter 30 of this code. Other obligations are interpreted by the sa me rules by which statutes of a similar nature are interpreted. JOI NT OR SEVERAL OBLIGATIONS SEC. 427. OBLIGATIONS, JOINT OR SEV ER AL, E TV .-An obligation imposed upon several persons, or -a righ t cre ated in favor of seve ral persons, may be 1. Joint ; 2. Several ; or, 3. Jo int and se veral. SEC. 428. WHEN JOINT .-An, obligation imposed upon several per- sons, ora right created in favor of several pers ons, is presumed to he j oint, and not s evera l, ex cept ill the sp ecial case s men tione d in the