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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Shares and lots.

Article 827

The mass is divided by head. However, it is made by strain when there is reason for representation. Once division by stock has been effected, a separate distribution is made, where applicable, between…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Shares and lots.

Article 829

With a view to their distribution, the property is estimated at its value on the date of divided enjoyment as fixed by the deed of partition, taking into account, where applicable, the charges on it.…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications for partition.

Article 819

A person who is in part the full owner and who is in undivided ownership with usufructuaries and bare owners may use the options provided for in articles 817 and 818. The second paragraph of Article 8…

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Paragraph 1: Applications for partition.

Article 824

If undivided co-owners intend to remain in undivided ownership, the court may, at the request of one or more of them, depending on the interests involved and without prejudice to the application of th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications for partition.

Article 822

If the deceased leaves one or more minor descendants, maintenance of joint ownership may be requested either by the surviving spouse, by any heir, or by the legal representative of the minors. If ther…

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Paragraph 1: Applications for partition.

Article 821

Failing an amicable agreement, the joint ownership of any agricultural, commercial, industrial, craft or liberal enterprise, which was operated by the deceased or his spouse, may be maintained under t…

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Paragraph 2: Shares and lots.

Article 825

The partitionable mass comprises the property existing at the opening of the succession, or that which has been subrogated to it, and which the deceased has not disposed of by reason of death, as well…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications for partition.

Article 823

Maintenance in undivided ownership may not be prescribed for a period of more than five years. It may be renewed, in the case provided for in the first paragraph of Article 822, until the youngest of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Shares and lots.

Article 830

In the formation and composition of lots, every effort shall be made to avoid dividing economic units and other sets of goods, the splitting of which would lead to depreciation.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications for partition.

Article 818

The same option belongs to the undivided co-owner in bare ownership for the undivided bare ownership. In the event of a licitation of full ownership, the second paragraph of article 815-5 shall apply.

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