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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transfer of certain intangible rights, successive rights and rights in dispute

Article 1690

The assignee is seized as against third parties only by service of the conveyance made on the debtor. Nevertheless, the assignee may also be seized by acceptance of the conveyance made by the debtor i…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Redemption option.

Article 1665

The purchaser with a pact of redemption exercises all the rights of his seller; he may prescribe both against the true master and against those who claim rights or mortgages on the thing sold.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Warranty in the event of eviction.

Article 1636

If the purchaser is evicted only from a part of the thing, and it is of such consequence, in relation to the whole, that the purchaser would not have bought without the part from which he has been evi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Public bodies and other organisations

Article 1654

Public establishments, industrial or commercial operations of the State or local authorities, concessionary or subsidised companies, companies benefiting from statutes, privileges, direct or indirect…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Delivery.

Article 1618

If, on the contrary, in the case of the preceding article, a greater capacity is found than that expressed in the contract, the purchaser has the option of providing the additional price, or withdrawi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Delivery.

Article 1606

The delivery of chattels is effected:Or by the handing over of the thing,Or by the handing over of the keys of the buildings containing them,Or even by the sole consent of the parties, if transportati…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Warranty in the event of eviction.

Article 1626

Even though at the time of the sale no stipulation has been made as to the guarantee, the seller is obliged by law to guarantee the purchaser against the eviction he suffers in whole or in part from t…

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

Article 164

However, the President of the Republic may, for serious reasons, lift the prohibitions laid down: 1° By Article 161 to marriages between relatives in the direct line where the person who created the a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Warranty in the event of eviction.

Article 1637

If, in the case of the eviction of part of the business sold, the sale is not terminated, the value of the part of the business from which the purchaser is evicted shall be reimbursed to him according…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Obligations of the purchaser.

Article 1655

The cancellation of the sale of immovable property is pronounced immediately if the seller is in danger of losing the thing and the price.If there is no such danger, the judge may grant the purchaser…

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