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Showing 741750 of 45787 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 3-7-1968 n° 66-12.056

French General Tax CodeIn force
2° Special schemes and exemptions.

Article 738

Sont enregistrés au droit fixe de 125 €:1° Les cessions, subrogations, rétrocessions et résiliations de baux à durée limitée de biens de toute nature;2° Les concessions de licences d'exploitation de b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 769

An entry shall be made in the criminal record of sentences or exemptions from sentences handed down after deferral of sentence, pardons, commutations or reductions of sentences, decisions suspending o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
F: Transfers of a farm or certain assets dependent on a farm

Article 732

Deeds recording the transfer for consideration of an agricultural business, consisting of all or some of the items listed in the

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Institution of proceedings by writ of summons

Article 755

In urgent cases, the time limits for appearance and delivery of the summons may be reduced by authorisation of the judge. These time limits may also be reduced pursuant to law or regulation.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Enforcement of pre-trial detention

Article 714

Investigated persons, defendants and accused persons subject to pre-trial detention shall undergo it in a prison or an establishment for sentenced persons, under the conditions set out in the provisio…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Repeal of expulsion decisions

Article L632-7

…to foreign nationals who were subject to a deportation order before the entry into force of the loi n° 2003-1119 du 26 novembre 2003 relative à la maîtrise de l'immigration, au séjour des étrangers en…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Judgment on jurisdiction

Article 78

The judge may, in the same judgment, but by separate provisions, declare himself competent and rule on the merits of the dispute, after having, where appropriate, first given the parties notice to con…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Opening of estates, universal title and seisin

Article 722

Agreements the purpose of which is to create rights or waive rights to all or part of an estate that has not yet been opened or property dependent thereon are effective only in cases where they are au…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Establishment of counsel and submissions

Article 764

As soon as it is constituted, the defendant's lawyer informs the plaintiff's lawyer; a copy of the act of constitution is given to the court registry. The document includes, where applicable, the defe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Residence ban

Article 763

In the event that a criminal sentence is time-barred, the convicted person is automatically and permanently banned from residing in the département where the victim of the crime or his direct heirs re…

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