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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedures for acceptance of the succession up to the amount of the net assets.

Article 790

The inventory is filed with the court within two months of the declaration. The heir may apply to the judge for an extension if he can show serious and legitimate grounds for delaying the filing of th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of acceptance of the succession up to the amount of the net assets.

Article 798

…succession which have not been retained or disposed of under the conditions provided for in Article 793. The heir's personal creditors may not pursue recovery of their claims against these assets unti…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of acceptance of the succession up to the amount of the net assets.

Article 799

Inheritance creditors who, within the period provided for in Article 792, declare their claims after the exhaustion of the assets have recourse only against the legatees who have been fulfilled of the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of acceptance of the succession up to the amount of the net assets.

Article 791

Acceptance up to the net assets gives the heir the advantage: 1° Of avoiding the confusion of his personal property with that of the succession; 2° Of retaining against it all the rights he previously…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of acceptance of the succession up to the amount of the net assets.

Article 792

…e to the elected domicile of the estate. They are paid under the conditions provided for in Article 796. Claims whose amount has not yet been definitively determined are declared provisionally on the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of acceptance of the succession up to the amount of the net assets.

Article 797

The heir must pay the creditors within two months of either the declaration to retain the property or the day on which the proceeds of the disposal become available. Where he is unable to dispose of i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Crimes and offences against the fundamental interests of the Nation

Article 702

…related offence, jurisdiction is vested in the courts provided for and organised by the articles 697 et 698-6. The Public Prosecutor, the Judicial Court and the Assize Court of Paris shall also have…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Jurisdiction in the event of war, mobilisation, a state of siege or a state of emergency

Article 700

In the event of a state of siege or declared state of emergency, a decree in the Council of Ministers, made on the report of the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, and the Minister responsible…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Crimes and offences against the fundamental interests of the Nation

Article 701

In wartime, crimes and offences against the fundamental interests of the Nation and related offences are investigated and tried by the armed forces courts as set out in the code of military justice. H…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XII: Applications for relief from prohibitions, disqualifications, incapacities or publication measures

Article 703

…ncapacity or publication measure, made pursuant to the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 702-1 specifies the date of the conviction and the places where the applicant has resided since his…

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