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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Effects of the appeal in cassation.

Article 636

Persons who, having been parties to the proceedings before the court whose decision has been quashed, have not been parties to the proceedings before the Cour de cassation may be called to the new pro…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Costs.

Article 698

Costs relating to unjustified instances, acts and enforcement procedures shall be borne by the court officers who made them, without prejudice to any damages that may be claimed. The same applies to c…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Party walls and ditches

Article 660

A neighbour who has not contributed to the heightening may acquire joint ownership of it by paying half the expense it has cost and the value of half the soil provided for the excess thickness, if any…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Party walls and ditches

Article 662

One of the neighbours may not make any indentation in the body of a party wall, or apply or support any work thereon without the consent of the other, or without having, on his refusal, caused to be s…

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

Article 617

The contrariety of judgments may be invoked when the plea of non-receivability based on the authority of res judicata has been unsuccessfully raised before the trial judges. In this case, the appeal i…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Right of way

Article 684

…However, in the event that a sufficient passage cannot be established on the divided land, article 682 would apply.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Marriage certificates.

Article 64

The poster provided for in the previous article will remain affixed to the door of the common house for ten days. The marriage may not be celebrated before the tenth day since and not including that o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rights of the owner of the land to which the easement is owed

Article 699

In the very case where the owner of the land subject to the easement is charged by the title to make at his own expense the works necessary for the use or conservation of the easement, he may always f…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 5: Customs controls on postal consignments.

Article 66

…ss to the premises of postal service providers and express freight companies, as defined in Article 67e, where consignments containing or appearing to contain goods and sums, securities or valuables r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Applications for review and reconsideration

Article 622

Revision of a final criminal judgment may be requested for the benefit of any person convicted of a felony or misdemeanour where, after conviction, a new fact occurs or a factor unknown to the court o…

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