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Showing 791800 of 54327 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 30 October 2007 · Cass. 1re civ. 25 February 2010 · Cass. com. 3 May 2006 · Cass. com. 10 July 2012 · Cass. com. 27 January 2015

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Compulsory acts

Article 275

Exceptionally, the chairman may authorise the accused to take one of his relatives or friends as counsel.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section II: Expertise operations.

Article 278

The expert may take the initiative of seeking the opinion of another technician, but only in a specialty distinct from his own.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section II: Expertise operations.

Article 274

When the judge attends the expert appraisal operations, he may record his findings, the expert's explanations and the statements of the parties and third parties in minutes; the minutes are signed by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Early termination of the contract.

Article L1251-27

Breach of the availability contract does not constitute force majeure.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Compulsory acts

Article 278

The accused shall not cease to be able to communicate freely with his lawyer. The lawyer may take on the spot communication of all the documents in the case file without such communication causing any…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Registration of rights in immovable property

Article 2523

The holder of one of the rights mentioned in Article 2521 may not be registered until the right of its immediate author has itself been registered. The holder of a right other than ownership may only…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Registration of rights in immovable property

Article 2527

…whether the author of the right is himself registered in accordance with the provisions of Article 2523.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Registration of rights in immovable property

Article 2522

…à peine d'inadmissabilité, lorsqu'elles portent sur les droits mentionnés aux 1° et 2° de l'article 2521, legal proceedings for the resolution, revocation, annulment or rescission of an agreement or d…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Registration of rights in immovable property

Article 2529

…several formalities of a nature to produce effects enforceable against third parties under Article 2528, are required on the same day in respect of the same immovable, the one required under the titl…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Registration of rights in immovable property

Article 2521

…hich is provided for by the provisions of this code, other codes or civil legislation applicable to Mayotte, the following are registered in the land register, for the purposes of opposability to thir…

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