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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of acquisitive prescription.

Article 2268

However, the persons set out in articles 2266 and 2267 may prescribe, if the title to their possession is inverted, either by a cause coming from a third party, or by the contradiction they have oppos…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of acquisitive prescription.

Article 2271

Acquisitive prescription is interrupted when the possessor of a property is deprived for more than one year of the enjoyment of that property either by the owner or even by a third party.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Property retained as security.

Article 2371

In the absence of full payment on the due date, the creditor may request the return of the property in order to recover the right to dispose of it. The value of the property taken back is set off, by…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Preferential and resale rights

Article 2455

…ot personally liable for the debt may oppose the sale of the property if other properties mortgaged to the same debt are still in the possession of the principal debtor, and request prior discussion o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Preferential and resale rights

Article 2457

…ses necessary for the conservation of the immovable and of those which have increased its value, up to the limit of the estimated increase in value on the day of restitution.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Preferential and resale rights

Article 2458

…e mortgage debt, the difference is for the third-party purchaser, except for the rights of his creditors registered on the property.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Property retained as security.

Article 2372

In the event of alienation or loss of the property, ownership is carried over to the debtor's claim against the sub-purchaser or to the insurance indemnity subrogated to the property.The sub-purchaser…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Preferential and resale rights

Article 2450

…rocedures, from which the mortgage agreement may not derogate. The sale price is paid in preference to unsecured creditors. If he is in competition with other mortgage creditors, he is paid in the ran…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Preferential and resale rights

Article 2460

…he mortgaged property, has a recourse in warranty under the conditions of ordinary law and a subrogatory recourse against the principal debtor.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Preferential and resale rights

Article 2459

After the sale, the third-party purchaser regains the real rights, in particular easements, that he had over the building before he acquired it.

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