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Showing 201210 of 58927 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 1-6-2010 n° 09-65.482

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Appeal by the Public Prosecutor at the Cour de cassation

Article 639-1

The appeal provided for in Article 17 of Law no. 67-523 of 3 July 1967 is brought against a decision that has acquired the force of res judicata.It is lodged from the day on which the decision is no l…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Calculation of time limits.

Article 642-1

The provisions of articles

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Calculation of time limits.

Article 647-1

The date of service, including when it must be made within a specified period, of a judicial or extrajudicial document in French Polynesia, in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in New Caledonia and in th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 17-6

For the determination, at any time, of the French territory, account shall be taken of modifications resulting from acts of the French public authority taken in application of the Constitution and law…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Respect for the human body

Article 16-6

No remuneration may be allocated to a person who lends himself to an experiment on his person, to the removal of elements from his body or to the collection of its products.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Preliminary Title: Publication, effects and application of laws in general

Article 6-1

Marriage and adoptive filiation carry the same effects, rights and obligations recognised by law, with the exception of those provided for in Chapters I to IV of Title VII of Book I of this Code, whet…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: The act of recognition.

Article 62-1

If the transcription of the paternal acknowledgement proves impossible, due to the secrecy of his identity opposed by the mother, the father may inform the public prosecutor. The latter will search fo…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3 : Transcription of a marriage celebrated abroad by a foreign authority

Article 171-6

When the marriage has been celebrated despite the opposition of the public prosecutor, the consular civil registrar may only transcribe the foreign marriage record onto French civil status registers a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle III: Victims' rights

Article 10-6

Following accidents, disasters, catastrophes or offences likely to cause numerous victims, administrations, within the meaning of

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 62-1

The staff referred to in

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