French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions
Article 1173
The forms required for the purposes of proof or enforceability have no effect on the validity of contracts.
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Showing 601–610 of 65739 articles for “Art. 384 and Cass. 1ère civ. 6-3-2013 n° 11-26.728 FS-PBI”
The forms required for the purposes of proof or enforceability have no effect on the validity of contracts.
Contracts are in principle consensual. By way of exception, the validity of solemn contracts is subject to the observance of forms determined by law, failing which the contract is void, unless it can…
Transfers of funds from refunds due to overpayments to local authority creditors are ordered by the local authority president, who issues a transfer order..
…the president of the court is immediately notified to the legal representatives of the legal entity and, where applicable, to the victim. A copy is given to them after they have signed for it. If the…
…or share premiums. However, a distribution shall only be deemed to be of this nature if all profits and reserves other than the legal reserve have previously been distributed.Subject to the provisions…
…writ of summons or by petition delivered or addressed jointly by the parties to the court registry and contains, on pain of nullity, the place, date and time of the orientation hearing and on provisi…
In urgent cases, notwithstanding Articles 1107 and 1108, the family affairs judge, seised by petition, under the conditions of the second and third paragraphs of Article 840 and of Article 841, may au…
…e Civil Code may be attached subsequently to the pleadings in which the application for liquidation and partition is made.The joint declaration of acceptance provided for in the third paragraph of art…
…ests, provided for in article 252 of the Civil Code, contains a summary description of their assets and specifies the claimant's intentions regarding the liquidation of the community or joint ownershi…
The matter is referred to the family court, at the request of either party, by delivering a copy of the document initiating proceedings to the court registry. Provided that the date of the hearing is…
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