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Showing 421430 of 30335 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 8-7-2010 n° 09-12.491

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Investigating courts

Article 824

For the application of Article 191, the investigating chamber of the Nouméa court of appeal and that of the Papeete court of appeal are composed of a chamber president or councillor and two judges fro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: The mayor and deputy mayors.

Article D2573-7

I. - The provisions of the section of Chapter II of Title II of Book I of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Estimated statement

Article 851

In all cases where duties are levied on the basis of an estimated declaration by the parties, the declaration and the estimate must be detailed. A declaration of this nature shall, before the executio…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Summary orders

Article 835

The president of the judicial court or the judge in charge of litigation relating to protection within the limits of his jurisdiction may always, even in the presence of a serious dispute, prescribe i…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Ordinary procedure.

Article 888

If conciliation cannot be reached, or if one of the parties fails to appear, the case shall be referred for trial at a hearing, the date of which shall be indicated by the Chairman to the parties pres…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Other debts

Article 875

A co-heir who, by the effect of the mortgage, has paid more than his share of the common debt, has recourse against the other co-heirs, only for the share that each of them must personally bear, even…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Ordinary procedure.

Article 885

The application shall be made and the matter referred to the court by application delivered to or addressed to the court registry or by a bailiff's deed addressed to that registry in accordance with t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Fixed-date procedure

Article 840

In disputes governed by the ordinary written procedure, the president of the court may, in urgent cases, authorise the plaintiff, at his request, to summon the defendant on a fixed date. Where appropr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 2: Amicable partition.

Article 837

If an undivided co-owner is in default, without nevertheless being in one of the cases provided for in article 836, he may, at the request of a co-partitioner, be given formal notice, by extrajudicial…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Public sales of furniture

Article 873

Each item awarded is entered immediately in the minutes, the price written in full and drawn off the line in figures.Each session is closed and signed by the public officer, the sworn goods broker or…

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