Have I already accepted the inheritance without realising?
You accept tacitly through acts only an heir could do; preserving or provisionally managing the assets is not accepting.
Tacit acceptance
The kind that results from acts implying the will to accept.
«Tácita es la que se hace por actos que suponen necesariamente la voluntad de aceptar, o que no habría derecho a ejecutar sino con la cualidad de heredero.»
What is not accepting
Acts of mere preservation or provisional management.
«Los actos de mera conservación o administración provisional no implican la aceptación de la herencia»
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