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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Contractual mortgages

Article 2417

Mortgages are always granted for the capital up to a specified amount, which the notarial deed mentions on pain of nullity. Where applicable, the parties shall assess any indeterminate, contingent or…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 1: Method of registration of mortgages

Article 2430

Registration ceases to have effect if it has not been renewed by the date referred to in the first paragraph of Article 2429. Each renewal is required until a specified date. This date is fixed as sta…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 1: Method of registration of mortgages

Article 2428

It is open to the person who has requested a registration and to his representatives or assignees by authentic act to change the domicile elected by him in this registration at the service responsible…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Acquisitive prescription in movable property.

Article 2276

In the case of movable property, possession is equivalent to title. Nevertheless, a person who has lost something or from whom it has been stolen may claim it for three years from the day of the loss…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Preliminary title: Provisions relating to the preliminary title

Article 2491

The articles 1 to 6 shall apply to Mayotte.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection III: On-the-spot investigation.

Article 231

The judge may, at the hearing or in his chambers, as well as in any place where an investigative measure is being carried out, hear on the spot any persons whose testimony he deems useful for ascertai…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: The audit incident.

Article 292

If a technician is called in, he or she may be authorised by the judge to collect the contested document and the comparison documents against a signature or to have them sent to him or her by the cour…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-22

The jury for the technical examination is formed by the committee referred to in article R. 15-33-29-19. The members of the committee or their alternates called upon to make up the jury must sit for t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Certificates.

Article 202

The attestation shall contain an account of the facts that the author witnessed or personally observed. It shall mention the author's surname, forenames, date and place of birth, place of residence an…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Contractual mortgages

Article 2416

A mortgage constituted for business purposes by a natural or legal person may subsequently be assigned to guarantee business claims other than those mentioned in the constitutive deed provided that th…

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