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Showing 110 of 56498 articles for Art. 578 and 587

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Usufruct

Article 578

Usufruct is the right to enjoy things owned by another, like the owner himself, but with the charge of preserving their substance.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of the usufructuary

Article 587

…m, but on condition that, at the end of the usufruct, he returns either things of the same quantity and quality or their estimated value at the date of restitution.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Third-party proceedings.

Article 587

…m shall be brought before the court from which the contested judgment emanates.The decision may be handed down by the same magistrates.Where the third-party objection is directed against a judgment gi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Opposition.

Article 578

Anyone who allows himself to be judged a second time by default is no longer entitled to lodge a new opposition.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Forms of appeal

Article 587

When the case file is thus in order, the court clerk hands it over to the magistrate of the public prosecutor's office, who immediately sends it to the public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation; the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Forms of appeal

Article 578

The plaintiff in cassation must notify his appeal to the public prosecutor and the other parties by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, within three days..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Forms of appeal

Article 579

The party who has not received the notification provided for in Article 578 has the right to lodge an objection to the judgment handed down by the Cour de cassation, by filing a declaration at the reg…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: The sentence enforcement judge.

Article D49-1-1

…magistrates, the enforcement judge who shall exercise the powers mentioned in articles D. 576 to D. 578 of this code and D. 113-64 of the Penitentiary Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: The monetary unit

Article L111-1

France's currency is the euro. One euro is divided into one hundred centimes.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Indexation

Article L112-1

Subject to the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 112-2 and articles L. 112-3, L. 112-3-1 and L. 112-4, automatic indexation of the prices of goods or services is prohibited. Any clause i…

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