If the testator should make a division of his property by an act inter vivos or by a last will, it shall be accepted insofar as it does not prejudice the legal portion of the heirs by force of law.
A father who, in the interest of his family, desires to keep an agricultural, industrial, or manufacturing enterprise undivided, may make use of the privilege granted him by this section by providing that the legal portions of the other children be paid in cash.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1009.