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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Orders of heirs.

Article 738

…as no descendants but brothers and sisters or their descendants, one quarter of the estate devolves to each of the father and mother and the remaining half to the brothers and sisters or their descend…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Orders of heirs.

Article 735

Children or their descendants succeed to their father and mother or other ascendants, without distinction as to sex or primogeniture, even if they come from different unions.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Ordinary procedure

Article 779

…resident may decide that the lawyers will appear before him again, on a hearing date that he fixes, to confer on the case one last time if he considers that a final exchange of submissions or a final…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Ordinary procedure

Article 776

Subject to the provisions of Article 1108, on the day of the orientation hearing, the case shall be called before the president of the chamber seised or to which the case has been distributed.The latt…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Ordinary procedure

Article 777

Where the parties and their lawyers prove that they have concluded a participatory procedure agreement for the purposes of preparing the case for hearing, the President shall take the measures provide…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Ordinary procedure

Article 778

The president shall refer to the oral hearing those cases which, on the basis of the lawyers' explanations and in view of the submissions exchanged and the exhibits communicated, appear to him to be r…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 3: Closure of the investigation and referral to the oral hearing

Article 798

…ll be made by an unreasoned order that may not be appealed. A copy of this order shall be delivered to the lawyers.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 3: Closure of the investigation and referral to the oral hearing

Article 799

…nvestigation closed as soon as the state of the investigation permits and shall refer the case back to the court to be argued on the date set by the President or by himself if he has been delegated to…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Obligation to qualify

Article L212-7

The duties mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 212-1 may be performed on national territory by nationals of Member States of the European Union or States party to the Agreement on the Europ…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Obligation to declare

Article A322-7

In swimming pools, a complete and up-to-date technical file containing plans and descriptions of the installations is made available to the agents referred to in article L. 1332-5 of the Public Health…

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