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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Judicial partition.

Article 840-1

Where several undivided interests exist exclusively between the same persons, whether they relate to the same property or to different property, a single division may take place.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Debts of the co-sharers

Article 865

Except where it relates to undivided property, the claim is not payable until the end of the partition operations. However, the debtor heir may decide at any time to pay it voluntarily.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Gift-shares made to descendants of different degrees.

Article 1078-6

Where descendants of different degrees contribute to the same shared gift, the division is made by stock. Allocations may be made to descendants of different degrees in some stocks and not in others.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Gift-shares made to presumptive heirs.

Article 1078-2

The parties may also agree that a previous gift made outside the share will be incorporated into the partition and set off against the donee's share of the reserve as an advance on the inheritance sha…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Compensation for ecological damage

Article 1252

Independent of compensation for ecological damage, the judge, on receiving an application to that effect from a person mentioned in Article 1248, may prescribe reasonable measures to prevent or stop t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Invalidity and cancellation of the sale.

Article 1658

Independently of the causes of nullity or rescission already explained in this title, and of those common to all agreements, the contract of sale may be rescinded by the exercise of the repurchase opt…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Rescission of the sale on the ground of lesion.

Article 1678

Such proof may be made only by a report of three experts, who shall be required to draw up a single joint report, and to form a single opinion by a plurality of votes.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Monitoring of judicial supervision decisions

Article 696-88

If the competent authority of the issuing State does not take a decision within the period specified by the liberty and custody judge, the latter may decide to terminate the monitoring of the measures…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Temporary installations

Article R312-21

An order by the Minister for the Interior and the Ministers for Construction and Sport specifies the standards that may apply and the type of documents that must be attached to the application to the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions common to all sporting events

Article R331-14

An event may not begin until the insurance cover referred to in article L. 331-9, taken out by the organiser, has been produced to the competent administrative authority.

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