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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the presence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-16

Where undivided property is encumbered by a usufruct, agreements, subject in principle to the provisions of the preceding chapter, may be concluded either between the bare owners or between the usufru…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Nationality of natural persons

Article 1045-1

…a form. It shall be accompanied by documents meeting the requirements of article 9 of decree n° 93-1362 of 30 December 1993. The content of the form and the list of documents to be produced are deter…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 1022-1

In cases for which the parties are exempted from the assistance of a lawyer at the Conseil d'Etat and the Cour de cassation, decisions of cassation are notified by the registry of the Cour de cassatio…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Book II: Provisions specific to each court.

Article 1037-1

…ed within a short time under the conditions of Article 905. In this case, the provisions of article 1036 do not apply. The statement of referral shall be served by its author on the other parties to t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I : Cancellation and rectification of civil status records

Article 1046-1

The Public Prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction shall give instructions to the custodians of the registers of the erroneous or annulled document, as well as to those holding the other documents af…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Civil status records

Article 1055-1

The public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction to challenge before the family court the first name or names chosen by the parents, pursuant to the third paragraph of article 57 of the Civil Code,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 1009-1

…e ex officio, be submitted before the expiry of the time limits prescribed in the articles 982and 991. The application to strike out interrupts the time limits imposed on the defendant by articles 982…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 1031-1

When the judge intends to request the opinion of the Cour de cassation pursuant to article

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 1015-1

The chamber to which an appeal is referred may seek the opinion of another chamber to which an appeal is referred on a point of law which falls within the jurisdiction of that chamber.The Advocate Gen…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I : Cancellation and rectification of civil status records

Article 1054-1

The decision is only provisionally enforceable if it so orders.

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