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Showing 3140 of 44723 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 8-3-1988 n° 86-11.144

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting of gifts.

Article 860

The ratio is due from the value of the property given at the time of the partition, based on its condition at the time of the gift. If the property was alienated before the partition, the value it had…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Consequential acts

Article 862

Notaries, bailiffs, registrars and other public officers, lawyers and administrative authorities may not make or draw up a deed by virtue of or as a consequence of a deed compulsorily subject to regis…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5°: Bailiffs

Article 866

With the exception of deeds in criminal matters and deeds from lawyer to lawyer, bailiffs are required to draw up their deeds and minutes in two originals; one, exempt from all tax formalities, is giv…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Statements of expenses. Indication of the amount of duties paid to the Treasury

Article 865

Statements of costs drawn up by lawyers, bailiffs, court clerks, notaries commissioned must show separately, in a special column and for each disbursement, the amount of duties of any kind paid to the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: The judge hearing the case.

Article 863

The judge responsible for hearing the case shall establish that the parties have reached a settlement, even in part. He may also appoint a judicial conciliator under the conditions set out in article…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: The judge hearing the case.

Article 869

The judge in charge of investigating the case refers it to the court as soon as the state of the investigation allows.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: The judge hearing the case.

Article 867

The orders of the judge hearing the case do not have the authority of res judicata in the main proceedings.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: The judge hearing the case.

Article 864

The judge in charge of hearing the case shall proceed with the joinder and severance of proceedings.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Joint application

Article 860

The matter is referred to the court by delivery of the joint petition.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions

Article 861

In the absence of conciliation, if the case is not ready for trial, the panel shall refer it to a future hearing or assign one of its members to hear it. Unless the case is decided at the first hearin…

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