Article 557
The same applies to the relays formed by running water which insensibly withdraws from one of its banks by bearing on the other: the owner of the uncovered bank benefits from the alluvium, without the…
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The same applies to the relays formed by running water which insensibly withdraws from one of its banks by bearing on the other: the owner of the uncovered bank benefits from the alluvium, without the…
Usufruct is established by law, or by the will of man.
He may take, in the woods, stiles for the vines; he may also take, from the trees, annual or periodic products; all according to the use of the country or the custom of the owners.
The owner may not, by his act, or in any manner whatsoever, prejudice the rights of the usufructuary. For his part, the usufructuary may not, on the cessation of the usufruct, claim any compensation f…
The simple possessor makes the fruits his own only where he possesses in good faith. Otherwise, he is bound to return the products with the thing to the owner who claims it; if the said products are n…
If the usufruct includes things which, without being consumed immediately, deteriorate little by little through use, such as linen, furnishings, the usufructuary has the right to use them for the purp…
A party who has brought his action before the competent civil court may not bring it before the criminal court. This is not the case unless the criminal court has been seised by the public prosecutor'…
The investigating judge, chosen from among the judges of the court, is appointed in the forms provided for the appointment of judges. If necessary, another judge may be temporarily entrusted, in the s…
In places where a crime has been committed, it is forbidden, on pain of the fine laid down for fourth-class offences, for any unauthorised person to alter the state of the premises or take any samples…
A felony or misdemeanour is defined as a felony or misdemeanour that is currently being committed or has just been committed. There is also a crime or offence in flagrante delicto when, at a time very…
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