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Showing 341350 of 64807 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 1-2-2012 n° 10-22.863

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Universal legacies.

Article 1005

Nevertheless, in the same cases, the universal legatee shall have the enjoyment of the property included in the will, from the day of death, if the request for delivery has been made within one year,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Gifts made by marriage contract to the spouses and to unborn children of the marriage.

Article 1081

Any gift inter vivos of present property, although made by marriage contract to the spouses, or to one of them, shall be subject to the general rules prescribed for gifts made on that account. It may…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8°: Miners

Article 1078

Subject to the provisions of 3° of article 679, certificates, deeds of notoriety and other documents relating exclusively to the execution of the provisions of articles 84 to 96 of the law of 31 March…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VIII: Provisions specific to the courts of appeal after cassation.

Article 1036

The registrar of the referring court shall forthwith send, by simple letter, to each of the parties to the cassation proceedings, a copy of the declaration with, if applicable, an indication of the ob…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Professional elections.

Article 1000

In addition to the particulars prescribed by 2° and 3° of Article 54 and by the third paragraph of Article 57, the statement designates the contested decision.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Arrangements between spouses, either by marriage contract or during marriage.

Article 1093

A gift of property to come, or of present and future property, made between spouses by marriage contract, whether simple or reciprocal, shall be subject to the rules established by the preceding chapt…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Gifts made by marriage contract to the spouses and to unborn children of the marriage.

Article 1084

A gift by marriage contract may be made cumulatively of present and future property, in whole or in part, on condition that a statement of the donor's debts and charges existing on the day of the gift…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3 : Partition wills.

Article 1080

A beneficiary who has not received a lot equal to his share of the reserve may bring an action for reduction in accordance with article 1077-2.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Objections of lis pendens and connexity.

Article 104

Appeals against rulings on lis pendens or related actions by courts of first instance are lodged and decided in the same way as for pleas of lack of jurisdiction. In the event of multiple appeals, the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Gifts made by marriage contract to the spouses and to unborn children of the marriage.

Article 1085

If the statement referred to in the preceding article has not been appended to the deed containing the gift of the present and future property, the donee will be obliged to accept or repudiate this gi…

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