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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Suspended sentence and adjournment

Article 734

…g a sentence may, in the cases and under the conditions provided for in the articles 132-29 to 132-57 of the Penal Code, order that its execution be stayed. The court may also defer pronouncement of t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: How easements are extinguished

Article 708

The mode of the easement may be prescribed like the easement itself, and in the same manner.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Assessment of costs to be recovered by the Registry

Article 703

The liquidation may be contested in accordance with the procedure set out in articles 708 to 718.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Pre-trial proceedings before the Pre-Trial Judge

Article 790

The Pre-Trial Judge may rule on costs and claims made pursuant to Article

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conversion of usufruct

Article 761

By agreement between the heirs and the spouse, the spouse's usufruct may be converted into a lump sum.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article 795

The decision of the Investigating Chamber may be referred to the Court of Cassation in the manner provided for by this Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 76

Searches, home visits and seizures of exhibits or property whose confiscation is provided for in article 131-21 of the Penal Code may not be carried out without the express consent of the person at wh…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IX: Rehabilitation of convicted persons

Article 782

Any person sentenced by a French court to a criminal, correctional or contraventional penalty may be rehabilitated.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VI: Judicial restraint

Article 752

Judicial restraint may not be imposed on convicted persons who, by any means, prove their insolvency.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Execution of the international letter rogatory by the judicial court

Article 743

The judge assigned may refuse, of his own motion or at the request of any interested person, the execution of a letter rogatory if he considers that it does not fall within his powers. He must refuse…

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