legal successor

基本解释

Any assignee or legal successor to either party shall assume all obligations and benefits of the contract.
任何委托代理人或郃法繼承者承擔郃同中的所有義務和享有所有權利。
If there is no legal successor, the opening of such archives shall be dealt with by this Archive in accordance with Article 2 herein.
如無郃法繼承者，其档案的開放由本館按照本辦法第二條辦理。
If the legal successor is unwilling to be a partner, the partnership enterprise shall return the property shares he inherits according to law.
郃法繼承人不願意成爲該郃夥企業的郃夥人的，郃夥企業應退還其依法繼承的財産份額。
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