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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1721

The lessee is owed a guarantee for all defects or faults in the leased property that prevent its use, even if the lessor did not know of them at the time of the lease. If these defects or faults resul…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1740

In the case of the two preceding articles, the security given for the lease does not extend to the obligations resulting from the extension.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1746

In the case of rural property, the compensation that the lessor must pay to the farmer is one third of the lease price for all the time remaining.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1715

If the lease made without writing has not yet received any performance, and one of the parties denies it, proof cannot be received by witnesses, however small the price, and however much it may be all…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1719

The lessor is obliged, by the nature of the contract, and without the need for any specific stipulation:1° To provide the lessee with the rented property and, if it is his principal dwelling, decent a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1738

If, on the expiry of the written leases, the lessee remains and is left in possession, a new lease is entered into, the effect of which is governed by the article relating to tenancies entered into wi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Respect for the human body

Article 16-1-1

The respect due to the human body does not cease with death.The remains of deceased persons, including the ashes of those whose bodies have given rise to cremation, must be treated with respect, digni…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Judicial supervision, house arrest and pre-trial detention

Article 137-1-1

The liberty and custody judge may be replaced, in the event of a vacancy, absence or impediment, by a judge of the first grade or outside the hierarchy designated by the president of the judicial cour…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148-1-1

When an order for the release of a person placed in pre-trial detention is made by the liberty and custody judge or the examining magistrate contrary to the requests of the public prosecutor, this ord…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Delegation, total and partial withdrawal of parental authority, judicial declaration of parental abandonment

Article 1209-1-1

For applications for total and partial withdrawal of parental authority and for a judicial declaration of relinquishment of parental authority, the appeal is lodged in accordance with the rules of com…

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