section 551
Causes of suspension
The Portuguese Civil Code, 1867Prescription cannot start nor run: 1. Between spouses; 2. Between wards and persons under administrators, and their guardians and administrators, while the guardianship and the administration lasts; nor when parental authority subsists, in cases where suit by the minor reverts against his parents; 3. Between a third party and a married woman: (1), in relation: to dotal assets, if prescription has not started before the marriage; (2), in relation to immovable assets of the couple, transferred by the husband without consent of the wife, but only to the extent of her share in the assets; (3), in case where the suit by the wife against third party reverts against the husband; 4. Against those who are absent from the kingdom in service of the nation; 5. Against military personnel in active service at the time of war, both outside and within the kingdom except in the cases mentioned in Articles 538, 539, 540, 541 & 543. 6. Between the inheritance and an heir under benefit of inventory, who is in actual possession of the same inheritance, until the said inventory does not come to an end.
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