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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Usufruct

Article 580

The usufruct may be established, or purely, or on a certain day, or conditionally.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Appeals to the Court of Cassation

Article 596

In criminal cases and where the accused has been convicted, if the judgment has pronounced a penalty other than that applied by law to the nature of the crime, the annulment of the judgment may be pur…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title I: Common provisions.

Article 529

Where several parties are jointly and severally or indivisibly liable, notification made to one of them shall cause the time limit to run only in respect of that party. In cases where a judgment benef…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Common provisions

Article 522

The judge may, at any time, authorise an equivalent guarantee to be substituted for the initial guarantee.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Right of accession in relation to movable property

Article 573

Where a thing has been formed by the mixture of several materials belonging to different owners, but none of which can be regarded as the principal material, if the materials can be separated, the one…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Buildings

Article 519

Wind or water mills, attached to pillars and forming part of the building, are also immovable by their nature.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The Grace Period.

Article 512

The period of grace may not be granted to a debtor whose property is seized by other creditors or to a debtor who has, by his own act, diminished the guarantees which he had given by contract to his c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Default judgment and opposition

Article 544

Sont applicables devant le tribunal de police les dispositions des articles 410 à 415 relatives à la comparution et à la représentation du prévenu et de la personne civilement responsable. However, wh…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 566

If a writ is declared null and void through the fault of the bailiff, the bailiff may be ordered to pay the costs of the writ and the annulled proceedings, and possibly damages to the party who has be…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Appeals against police judgements

Article 549

The provisions of articles 505 to 509, 511 and 514 to 520, are applicable to judgments handed down by the police courts. The court of appeal, hearing an appeal against a judgment that the police court…

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