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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capacity

Article 1146

The following are incapable of contracting, to the extent defined by law: 1° Unemancipated minors; 2° Protected adults within the meaning of article 425.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Exceptions to the rule that gifts inter vivos are irrevocable.

Article 955

…nds of ingratitude in the following cases: 1° If the donee has made an attempt on the donor's life; 2° If he has been guilty of abuse, offences or serious insults towards him; 3° If he refuses to prov…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to contracts concluded by electronic means

Article 1127-1

…her state:1° The various steps to be followed in order to conclude the contract by electronic means;2° The technical means enabling the recipient of the offer, prior to the conclusion of the contract,…

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Paragraph 2: Effects of acceptance of the succession up to the amount of the net assets.

Article 791

…r the advantage: 1° Of avoiding the confusion of his personal property with that of the succession; 2° Of retaining against it all the rights he previously had over the deceased's property; 3° Of bein…

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Paragraph 1: Acts performed by undivided co-owners.

Article 815-3

…ghts may, by this majority: 1° Carry out acts of administration relating to the undivided property; 2° Give one or more of the undivided co-owners or a third party a general administration mandate; 3°…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Rendering of accounts and termination of guardianship.

Article 810-12

Curatorship ends: 1° By the allocation of all assets to the payment of debts and legacies; 2° By the realisation of all assets and the consignment of the net proceeds; 3° By the restitution of the est…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Capacity to dispose of or receive by gift inter vivos or by will.

Article 909

…n a special basis, having regard to the capacity of the disposing person and the services rendered; 2° Universal dispositions, in the case of kinship up to and including the fourth degree, provided ho…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Preferential allocations.

Article 831-2

…d's vehicle provided that this vehicle is necessary for him or her for the needs of everyday life ; 2° Of the ownership or the right to the lease of the premises for professional use actually used for…

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

Article 809

…he succession is vacant: 1° When no one appears to claim the succession and there is no known heir; 2° When all the known heirs have renounced the succession; 3° When, after the expiry of a period of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Termination of the posthumous mandate.

Article 812-4

The mandate terminates by one of the following events: 1° The arrival of the stipulated term; 2° The renunciation of the mandatary; 3° The judicial revocation, at the request of an interested heir or…

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