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Showing 55115520 of 66810 articles for Art. Cass. 2ème civ. 2-7-2020 n°s 19-11.417 and 19-13.636

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title XXI: Communication by electronic means.

Article 748-1

The dispatch, delivery and notification of pleadings, documents, notices, warnings or summonses, reports, minutes and enforceable copies of court decisions may be effected by electronic means under th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Letters rogatory to foreign countries

Article 734-1

The clerk's office of the issuing court shall send a copy of the decision granting letters rogatory to the public prosecutor's office, unless transmission is to be made directly to the competent forei…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Orders of heirs.

Article 738-1

Where only the father or mother survives and the deceased has neither posterity nor brothers or sisters nor descendants of the latter, but leaves one or more ascendants of a branch other than that of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Qualifications for succession.

Article 725-1

Where two persons, one of whom was entitled to succeed the other, perish in the same event, the order of death shall be established by any means. If this order cannot be determined, the succession of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Representation.

Article 752-1

Representation does not take place in favour of ascendants; the nearest, in each of the two lines, always excludes the most distant.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Qualifications for succession.

Article 727-1

The declaration of unworthiness provided for in article 727 is pronounced after the opening of the succession by the judicial court at the request of another heir. The application must be made within…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Termination of the posthumous mandate.

Article 812-7

Each year and at the end of the mandate, the mandatary shall render an account of his management to the interested heirs or their representatives and inform them of all acts performed. Failing this, j…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 900-7

If, subsequent to the revision, performance of the conditions or charges, as originally provided for, becomes possible again, it may be requested by the heirs.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 1342-7

Payment costs are to be borne by the debtor.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Refunds

Article 1352-7

He who has received in bad faith owes the interest, the fruits he has received or the value of the enjoyment from the date of payment. One who has received in good faith owes them only from the day of…

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