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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 7: Executors.

Article 1029

The executor shall take any precautionary measures useful for the proper execution of the will. He may cause an inventory of the estate to be made, in the manner provided for in Article 789, whether o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Gradual gifts.

Article 1054

If the encumbered person is a reserved heir of the disposing person, the charge may only be imposed on the available portion. The donee may, however, accept, in the deed of gift or subsequently in a d…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Residual gifts.

Article 1059

The first beneficiary may not dispose of the property given or bequeathed as a residual gift by will. The residual gift may prohibit the first beneficiary from disposing of the property by gift inter…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 7: Executors.

Article 1026

The executor may be relieved of his duties on serious grounds by the court.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Amendment of ancillary measures

Article 1085

The judge may request communication of the file to the court that pronounced the divorce.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Rectification and judicial annulment

Article 1054

If the request is granted, the court shall order that all documents, even those drawn up or transcribed outside its jurisdiction, be amended by a note in the margin. To this end, the operative part of…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Compensatory allowance

Article 1079

The compensatory allowance may not be provisionally enforced. However, it may be provisionally enforced in whole or in part, where failure to enforce would have manifestly excessive consequences for t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Arrangements between spouses, either by marriage contract or during marriage.

Article 1099

The spouses may not give indirectly to each other beyond what is permitted by the above provisions.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Gifts made by marriage contract to the spouses and to unborn children of the marriage.

Article 1087

Gifts made by marriage contract may not be challenged or declared invalid on the grounds of lack of acceptance.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Rectification and judicial annulment

Article 1053

The court may order that any interested person be called to account and that the family council be convened.

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