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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Unjust enrichment

Article 1303-1

Enrichment is unjustified where it arises neither from the fulfilment of an obligation by the impoverished person nor from his liberal intention.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Impossibility of performance

Article 1351-1

Where the impossibility of performance results from the loss of the thing due, the debtor put on notice is nevertheless discharged if he proves that the loss would have occurred in the same way if the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Term bonds

Article 1305-1

The term may be express or tacit.Failing agreement, the judge may fix it in consideration of the nature of the obligation and the situation of the parties.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Oaths administered ex officio

Article 1386-1

The court may only refer the oath of its own motion, either on the application or on the objection to it, if it is not fully justified or completely devoid of evidence.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1397-1

The provisions of the preceding article do not apply to agreements that are made by spouses who are divorcing with a view to liquidating their matrimonial property regime. Articles 265-2 and 1451 are…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1844-13

The court, seised of an application for nullity, may, even of its own motion, set a time limit to allow nullities to be covered. It may not declare the nullity less than two months after the date of t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-13

The undivided co-owners may agree that, on the death of one of them, each of the survivors may acquire the share of the deceased, or that the surviving spouse, or any other designated heir, may have i…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 3: Consultation of the file and issue of copies

Article 1180-13

The lawyer for the minor or the minor's parents may obtain copies of all or part of the documents in the case file. He may not communicate the copies thus obtained or their reproduction to the minor o…

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

Article 1381-1

The European Certificate of Succession provided for in Chapter VI of Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recogniti…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section VIa: Sending in possession

Article 1378-1

Within fifteen days of the drawing up of the record of the opening and status of the will referred to in article 1007 of the Civil Code, the notary shall arrange for the insertion of a notice, which s…

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