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Showing 5160 of 56566 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 11-1-1989 n° 87-12.720

French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Public sales of furniture

Article 876

Sworn merchandise brokers who conduct public sales of wholesale merchandise or pledged items, under the conditions provided for by articles L. 322-8 to L. 322-16 of the Commercial Code and by the seco…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Public sales of furniture

Article 873

Each item awarded is entered immediately in the minutes, the price written in full and drawn off the line in figures.Each session is closed and signed by the public officer, the sworn goods broker or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Justification for entitlement to exemption

Article 877

The granting of an exemption from land registration tax, when it is correlative to an exemption from registration fees, is subject either to the production of a certificate issued by the public accoun…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 87

Constitution de partie civile may take place at any time during the investigation. It may be contested by the public prosecutor or by a party. In the event of a challenge, or if he declares the civil…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Other debts

Article 876

In the event of the insolvency of one of the co-heirs, his or her share of the mortgage debt is divided among all the others, at the marc le franc.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Orders on application.

Article 876

In urgent cases, the application may be submitted at the Chairman's domicile or at the place where he carries out his professional activity.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Summary orders.

Article 872

In all cases of urgency, the president of the commercial court may, within the limits of the court's jurisdiction, order in summary proceedings all measures that do not come up against any serious cha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter XII: Enforcement procedures

Article 873

Article 763 reads as follows: "Art. 763.-In the event that a sentence handed down in a criminal case is time-barred, the convicted person is automatically and permanently subject to a ban on residence…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Orders on application.

Article 874

The President of the Commercial Court is seised by petition in the cases specified by law. The parties are exempted from the obligation to constitute a lawyer in matters of pledge of stocks and pledge…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Summary orders.

Article 873

The president may, within the same limits, and even in the presence of a serious dispute, prescribe in summary proceedings any conservatory or restoration measures that are necessary, either to preven…

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