French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions
Article 414
The age of majority is set at eighteen years; at this age, everyone is capable of exercising the rights they enjoy.
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The age of majority is set at eighteen years; at this age, everyone is capable of exercising the rights they enjoy.
…ull or in part by the protected person depending on his or her resources and in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the Code of Social Action and Families. Where the protected person i…
Liability actions are barred after five years from the date on which the person concerned comes of age, even if the management would have continued beyond that date, or from the end of the measure if…
All guardianship bodies are liable for damage resulting from any fault they commit in the performance of their duties.Where the fault causing the damage was committed in the organisation and operation…
…r individual freedoms, fundamental rights and the dignity of the person. Its purpose shall be the interests of the protected person. It promotes, as far as possible, the autonomy of the latter. It is…
…isdiction other than that of the tribunal de grande instance, he may ask the public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction to carry them out or to have them carried out by a judicial police officer.…
Any person who, in accordance with Article 2, claims to have been injured by an offence may, if he has not already done so, bring a civil action at the hearing itself.The assistance of a lawyer is not…
…of the accused's failure to appear, shall be rendered by default, unless the provisions of Article 411. In all cases, if a lawyer is present to defend the accused, he must be heard if he so requests.…
The declaration of civil party status is made either before the hearing at the clerk's office, or during the hearing by a declaration recorded by the clerk or by the filing of pleadings.
The provisions of article 411, paragraphs 1 and 2, are applicable whenever the debate on the merits of the case is not to be addressed, and especially when the debate is to concern only civil interest…
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