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Showing 7180 of 42635 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 20-3-1969 n° 67-12.546

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Party walls and ditches

Article 670

Trees in the dividing hedge are joint like the hedge. Trees planted on the dividing line between two hereditaments are also deemed to be joint. When they die or are cut down or uprooted, these trees a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Distance and intermediate works required for certain constructions

Article 674

Anyone who causes a well or cesspit to be dug near a party wall or not, Anyone who wishes to build a chimney or hearth, forge, oven or furnace there, Lean a stable against it, Or establish a salt shop…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Party walls and ditches

Article 671

Trees, shrubs and bushes may only be planted close to the boundary of the neighbouring property at the distance prescribed by the specific regulations currently in force, or by constant and recognised…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Party walls and ditches

Article 672

The neighbour may demand that trees, shrubs and bushes, planted at a distance less than the legal distance, be uprooted or reduced to the height determined in the previous article, unless there is tit…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Party walls and ditches

Article 673

Anyone on whose property the branches of his neighbour's trees, shrubs and bushes are protruding may compel his neighbour to cut them back. The fruit that falls naturally from these branches belongs t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Trial of offences committed in court

Article 678

If the act committed is a crime, the court or tribunal, after having the perpetrator arrested, questions him and draws up a report of the facts; this court transmits the documents and orders the perpe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Challenges

Article 670

The First President shall notify the President of the court to which the disqualified judge belongs of the application he has received in administrative form.The application for disqualification shall…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Challenges

Article 671

The First President shall receive the supplementary pleading of the applicant, if any, and that of the magistrate whose disqualification is proposed; he shall take the opinion of the Public Prosecutor…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Challenges

Article 673

Any order rejecting an application for recusal shall order the applicant to pay a civil fine of between 75 and 750 euros.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Trial of offences committed in court

Article 676

If a police offence is committed during the hearing, the tribunal or court shall draw up a report of the offence, hear the accused, the witnesses, the public prosecutor and, where appropriate, the def…

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