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Compulsory Portion: minimum share of certain beneficiaries in the value of a decedent's estate. Beneficiaries are the decedent's offspring (or, in the absence of offspring, ancestors) and spouse. The compulsory portions due to the offspring and spouse amount to one half of the amount they would have been entitled to in the case of intestacy and those of the decedent's ancestors to one third of said amount. In the presence of circumstances justifying an exclusion from succession (failure to render assistance in an emergency, long-term or life imprisonment, persistent misconduct) even the compulsory portion may be withdrawn.