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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Basis of assessment and settlement

Article 674

Less than €25 may not be levied in cases where the sums and values would not produce €25 of proportional duty or tax or progressive duty.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Initiation of the appeal in cassation.

Article 616

Where the judgment may be rectified by virtue of Article 463, an appeal in cassation is only available, in the case provided for by this article, against the judgment ruling on the rectification.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Obligations of the usufructuary

Article 613

The usufructuary is only liable for the costs of any legal proceedings concerning the usufructuary's enjoyment and any other judgments to which such proceedings may give rise.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Costs.

Article 697

Lawyers, former solicitors and bailiffs may be personally ordered to pay the costs of proceedings, acts and enforcement procedures carried out outside the limits of their mandate.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Views onto a neighbour's property

Article 675

One of the neighbours may not, without the consent of the other, make any window or opening in the party wall, in any manner whatsoever, even with fixed glass.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Appeals to the Court of Cassation

Article 600

No one may, under any circumstances, take advantage against the party being prosecuted of the violation or omission of the rules established to ensure the latter's defence.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title V: Judges' rules

Article 661

The parties concerned shall be served with the judgment settling the dispute. The latter may, except in the case where communication of the application has been ordered, lodge an opposition to this ju…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Use and habitation

Article 632

He who has a right of habitation in a house may live there with his family, even if he had not been married at the time the right was given to him.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Party walls and ditches

Article 667

The joint fence must be maintained at joint expense; but the neighbour may avoid this obligation by renouncing joint ownership. This option ceases if the ditch is usually used for drainage.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Roof eaves

Article 681

All owners must establish roofs so that rainwater drains onto their land or onto the public highway; they may not have it poured onto their neighbour's land.

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