Theses ex materia successionis ab intestato

, provided there are three or fewer of them, the wife succeeds to a fourth part of the entire substance: if there are more, the division of the inheritance is made into equal portions.

LIII.
If the husband had left less than a fourth part to his needy wife in his will, and at the same time had forbidden that she seek more, the wife may nonetheless, against the will of the husband, seek the supplementation of the fourth part of the entire inheritance.

LIIII.
If, however, the husband alienated goods out of necessity, the wife cannot revoke or reclaim the alienated goods for the sake of obtaining the fourth part of the entire substance.

LV.
A needy wife, who brought no dowry to the husband, obtains the fourth part of the entire substance of the husband, not only when children exist, but even when only ascendants survive.

LVI.
If the paternal grandfather and grandmother, and maternal grandfather and grandmother survive, in this case the wife does not obtain a fourth part of the entire substance, but an equal portion, after the likeness of the children.

LVII.
A wife who neglected to seek and demand the fourth part before she bound herself to a second marriage, cannot obtain it thereafter from the heirs of the first marriage.

LVIII.
If from the beginning the wife has a dowry, which later has been either attenuated or entirely diminished, she cannot seek the fourth, since the dowry is owed to her: if, however, it becomes less than congruous or decent, in this case she may seek the fourth.

LIX.
It is provided by statute that the husband, upon the death of his wife, gains the dowry, and if a young man