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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Formalities relating to the celebration of marriage

Article 166

The publication ordered in article 63 will be made at the town hall of the place of marriage and at the town hall of the place where each of the future spouses has his or her domicile or, in the absen…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title III: Domicile

Article 106

A citizen called to a temporary or revocable public office will retain the domicile he had previously, if he has not manifested a contrary intention.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Declaration of absence

Article 126

The application for a declaration of absence is considered null and void if the absent person reappears or the date of his death is established, prior to the pronouncement of the judgment.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Declaration of absence

Article 130

An absent person whose existence is judicially established recovers his property and that which he should have received during his absence in the state in which it is, the price of that which would ha…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Qualities and conditions required to enter into marriage

Article 144

Marriage may not be contracted before the age of eighteen.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Qualities and conditions required to enter into marriage

Article 145

Nevertheless, the public prosecutor of the place where the marriage is celebrated may grant age waivers for serious reasons.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Qualities and conditions required to enter into marriage

Article 148

Minors may not enter into marriage without the consent of their father and mother; in the event of dissension between the father and mother, this division takes precedence.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Qualities and conditions required to enter into marriage

Article 162

In collateral lines, marriage is prohibited, between brother and sister, between brothers and between sisters.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Cancellation and rectification of civil status records

Article 101

Expédition de l'acte ne peut plus être délivrée qu'avec les rectifications ordonnées, à peine de l'amende édictée par l'article 50 of the Civil Code and all damages against the depositary of the regis…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Declaration of absence

Article 123

Extracts of the application for a declaration of absence, after having been endorsed by the public prosecutor, shall be published in two newspapers circulated in the department or, where applicable, i…

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