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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications for partition.

Article 819

A person who is in part the full owner and who is in undivided ownership with usufructuaries and bare owners may use the options provided for in articles 817 and 818. The second paragraph of Article 8…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications for partition.

Article 824

…wnership, the court may, at the request of one or more of them, depending on the interests involved and without prejudice to the application of the articles 831 to 832-3, allocate his share to the per…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications for partition.

Article 822

…inor descendants, continuation of the joint ownership may only be requested by the surviving spouse and on condition that he or she was, prior to the death, or became as a result of the death, joint o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications for partition.

Article 821

…maintained under the conditions set by the court at the request of the persons mentioned in Article 822.Where applicable, the application to maintain indivision may relate to corporate rights. The cou…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications for partition.

Article 823

…more than five years. It may be renewed, in the case provided for in the first paragraph of Article 822, until the youngest of the descendants reaches the age of majority and, in the case provided for…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications for partition.

Article 818

…ded bare ownership. In the event of a licitation of full ownership, the second paragraph of article 815-5 shall apply.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications for partition.

Article 816

Partition may be requested, even when one of the undivided co-owners has enjoyed all or part of the undivided property separately, if there has been no deed of partition or sufficient possession to ac…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-9 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 752-4)

Article Annexe 7-9

TABLE SUMMARY OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROJECT PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLES R. 752-16 AND R. 752-38 OF THE COMMERCIAL CODEYou can consult the full text with its images from the extract from the authe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and organisation of safety information and training

Article R4141-9

When a worker returns to work after being off work for at least twenty-one days, he shall, at the request of the occupational physician, receive the safety training provided for in this chapter. Where…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter XIII: Criminal records

Article 874

For the application of article 768, the powers of the national criminal record are exercised by the registry of each court of first instance, which receives, in respect of persons born in the district…

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