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Act No. 190 Section 714

Realty may be sold though personalty and exhausted.

Section 714

SEC. 714. Realty may be sold though personalty and exhausted. —When the personal estate of the deceased is not sufficient to pay the debts and charges of administration without inuring the business of those interested in the estate, or otherwise prejudicing their interests, and where a testator has not otherwise made sufficient provision for the payment of such debts and charges, the court, on application of the executor or administrator with the consent and approbation, in writing, of the heirs, devises, and legatees, residing in the Philippine Islands, may grant a license to the executor or administrator to sell for that purpose real, in lieu of personal estate, if it clearly appears that such sale of real estate would be beneficial to the persons interested and will not defeat any devise of land; in which case the assent of the devise shall be required.

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CitationAct No. 190 Section 714 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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