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Showing 2130 of 61852 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 4 December 2013 · Cass. com. 15 November 2005 · Cass. com. 2 April 1974 · Cass. com. 13 May 1980

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Change of matrimonial property regime by application of a foreign law

Article 1303-4

…nexed civil register is made in accordance with the second, third and fourth paragraphs of Article 1294. In other cases, the Public Prosecutor of the place where the marriage record or the annexed civ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Judicial supervision, house arrest and pre-trial detention

Article 137-4

…r. In criminal matters or for offences punishable by ten years' imprisonment, the public prosecutor may then, if the requisitions are motivated, in whole or in part, by the grounds provided for in 4°…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The decisive oath

Article 1385-4

The oath is evidence only in favour of or against the person who has referred it and his heirs and assigns.The oath referred by one of the joint and several creditors to the debtor discharges the debt…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Term bonds

Article 1305-4

The debtor may not claim the benefit of the term if he fails to provide the security promised to the creditor or if he reduces the security securing the obligation.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Proceedings for judgment

Article 1564-4

…instatement is accompanied by a lawyer's deed drawn up under the conditions provided for in article 1374 of the Civil Code , formalising the respective claims of the parties, accompanied by the pleas…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section VIII: The European Certificate of Succession

Article 1381-4

A decision to issue or refuse to issue a European Certificate of Succession may be referred to the president of the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the office of this public officer is locate…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions relating to money market instruments

Article 1343-4

Failing any other designation by law, the contract or the judge, the place of payment of the obligation to pay a sum of money is the creditor's domicile.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2 : Judicial homologation of the change of matrimonial property regime

Article 1300-4

The application for homologation of a change of matrimonial property regime is brought before the family court of the family's place of residence.An extract of the application is forwarded by the appl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article 230-15

…on of a crime or offence. Once the perpetrator has been finally convicted, the persons mentioned in 2°, 3° and 4° of Article 230-13 may request the deletion of data recorded in the processing, unless…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Counting of votes

Article D4233-15-4

…anised, the envelopes used to cast the vote are counted before the count provided for in article D. 4233-15-3, as and when they are received, in the electoral register referred to in article D. 4233-1…

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