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Showing 6170 of 44273 articles for Art. CE 24-2-1978 n° 97347

French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special mortgages

Article 2405

By way of derogation from Article 2404, the mortgage may also be preserved solely by registration of the debt recovery instrument, up to its value.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special mortgages

Article 2407

When the measures prescribed by the order or formal notice referred to in 1° of Article 2404 have been carried out by the owner or operator, the publication at their expense of a release order prior t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reintegration into French nationality

Article 24

…persons who establish that they were French shall result from a decree or a declaration in accordance with the distinctions set out in the articles below.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Publication of the mortgage.

Article 246

The conditions under which the mortgage is made public and retained are set by decree.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules specific to legal mortgages of minors or adults under guardianship

Article 2400

…ty and guardianship of adults, the registration made under Article 2398 must be renewed, in accordance with article 2429 of the Civil Code, by the clerk of the judicial court.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions relating to mortgages held by spouses and guardians

Article 2440

…part. The same applies to a legal mortgage, or possibly a judicial mortgage, guaranteeing maintenance allocated or likely to be allocated to a spouse, for himself or herself or for his or her childre…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions relating to mortgages held by spouses and guardians

Article 2441

…ch the mortgage of the minor or of the adult under guardianship has been registered significantly exceeds what is necessary to guarantee the management of the guardian, the latter may ask the family c…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions relating to mortgages held by spouses and guardians

Article 2442

…ents on the claims of a spouse, guardian or legal administrator in the cases provided for in the preceding articles shall be given in the forms regulated in the Code of Civil Procedure. If the court p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article D48-24

Notwithstanding the provisions of 1° of article D. 48-23, the ground for refusal based on the absence of criminality under French law is not enforceable where the financial penalty relates to an offen…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 2437

Cancellation not consented to shall be applied for in the court within whose jurisdiction the entry was made, except where that entry was made as security for a possible or indeterminate sentence, on…

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