PRETERITION
Must be expressly stated in the
As to manner and form
As to the subject
As to the actor
As to the cause
As to the intention
As to the status of the act
DISINHERITANCE
Implied will
Compulsory heirs in the Compulsory heirs whether or
direct line not in the direct line
Testator Testator
Cause must always be stated in
the will and must be true and
May be with cause or
legal, otherwise, the
without cause disinheritance is ineffective or
illegal
May be intentional or
Always intentional
unintentional
Valid, hence the disinherited
heir cannot inherit, unless the
It annuls the institution of disinheritance is ineffective or
illegal by reason of:
the heir, thus, the omitted 1. No cause stated;
heir may inherit. 2. No true cause;
3. Illegal cause; or
4. Reconciliation.
 REPUDIATION

Must be express and made

in a public or authentic
instrument or by petition to
the court having jurisdiction
over the testamentary or
intestate proceedings.

Inheritance

Heir, whether compulsory or

voluntary; parents or
guardians of minors or
incapacitated persons or
legal representatives of
corporations when there is
judicial authorization

May be with cause or

without cause

Purely voluntary and free

Valid, thus, the repudiating

heir inherits nothing, unless
it was made through any of
the causes that vitiate
consent or when an
unknown will appears.