universal successor
noun
                      in the civil law of Louisiana 
                                  
              
          
                                                      : a successor (as an heir, universal legatee, or legatee under universal title) who succeeds to the rights and obligations of the ancestor in title, continues possession by the ancestor's title, and is responsible for the debts of the succession   compare particular successor                                      
                
Note: Neither a usufructuary under universal title nor a universal usufructuary is a universal successor.
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