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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: The amicable settlement hearing

Article 774-2

The purpose of the amicable settlement hearing is the amicable resolution of the dispute between the parties, through a balanced confrontation of their points of view, an assessment of their respectiv…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Representation.

Article 752-2

In the collateral line, representation is admitted in favour of the children and descendants of brothers or sisters of the deceased, either if they come to his succession concurrently with uncles or a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Orders of heirs.

Article 738-2

Where the father and mother or one of them survives the deceased and the latter has no posterity, they may in all cases exercise a right of reversion, up to the proportional shares fixed in the first…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Court-appointed estate agents.

Article 813-2

…appointed under the third paragraph of Article 815-6, of the agent appointed pursuant to Article 812 or the executor, appointed by the testator pursuant to article 1025.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The opening of the vacancy.

Article 809-2

As soon as he is appointed, the curator has an estimated inventory drawn up, item by item, of the assets and liabilities of the estate by a judicial auctioneer, bailiff or notary, according to the law…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Preferential allocations.

Article 832-2

…t been the subject of a preferential allotment under the conditions provided for in articles 831, 832 or 832-1, the surviving spouse or any co-owner heir who wishes to continue the farm in which he is…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 900-2

Any benefactor may apply to the courts for a review of the conditions and charges attached to the gifts or legacies he or she has received, where, as a result of a change in circumstances, their execu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts performed by undivided co-owners.

Article 815-2

Any undivided co-owner may take the measures necessary for the conservation of the undivided property even if they are not of an emergency nature. He may use for this purpose the undivided property fu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 7: Executors.

Article 1030-2

Where the will has been drawn up in authentic form, delivery in possession is not required for the execution of the powers mentioned in Articles 1030 et 1030-1.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title III: Sources of obligations

Article 1100-2

Legal facts are acts or events to which the law attaches legal effects.Obligations arising from a legal fact are governed, as the case may be, by the subtitle relating to extra-contractual liability o…

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