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French Civil CodeIn force
Book IV: Securities

Article 2287

The provisions of this Book shall not prevent the application of the rules laid down in the event of the opening of safeguard, legal redress or legal liquidation proceedings or in the event of the ope…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pledging of intangible movables.

Article 2361

A pledge of a claim, present or future, takes effect between the parties and becomes enforceable against third parties on the date of the deed. In the event of a dispute, proof of the date lies with t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Loss of French nationality

Article 23

Any adult of French nationality, habitually resident abroad, who voluntarily acquires a foreign nationality shall not lose French nationality unless he/she expressly declares this, under the condition…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Respective rights and duties of spouses

Article 214

If the matrimonial agreements do not regulate the contribution of the spouses to the expenses of the marriage, they contribute in proportion to their respective faculties. If one of the spouses does n…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Evidence.

Article 259

Facts invoked as grounds for divorce or as defences to a claim may be established by any mode of proof, including confession. However, descendants may never be heard on the grievances raised by the sp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of the Assize Court

Article 231

Subject to the provisions of article 380-16, the assize court has full jurisdiction to try, at first instance or on appeal, the persons referred to it by the decision to indict.It may not hear any oth…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Compulsory acts

Article 271

If the case is not to be tried at the seat of the court of appeal, the case file is returned by the public prosecutor to the registry of the judicial court, where the assizes are held. The exhibits ar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Holding of meetings

Article 236

The date of the opening of the sessions of the Assize Court shall be fixed whenever necessary, on the proposal of the Public Prosecutor, by the First President of the Court of Appeal or, in the case p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Compulsory acts

Article 269

As soon as the indictment decision has become final or, in the event of an appeal, as soon as the judgment designating the appeal assize court has been served, the accused, if detained, is transferred…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Publication of registers and liability for land registration

Article 2447

The departments responsible for land registration will be required to keep a register in which they will enter, day by day, and in numerical order, the delivery to them of deeds, court rulings, slips…

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