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Showing 47014710 of 48199 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 22 May 1968 · Cass. 3e civ. 25 January 1983 · Cass. com. 21 March 1995 · Cass. 3e civ. 29 May 1991 · Cass. 3e civ. 27 June 1990 · Cass. ass. plén. 6 October 2006 · Cass. ass. plén. 13 January 2020

French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The decisive oath

Article 1385

The decisive oath may be referred on any kind of dispute and in any case.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Novation

Article 1332

Novation by change of debtor may be effected without the involvement of the first debtor.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Assignment of receivables

Article 1324

The assignment may only be set up against the debtor, if he has not already consented to it, if he has been notified of it or if he has taken note of it. The debtor may raise against the assignee the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-131

…carried out less than two years after the incorporation of a company in accordance with articles L. 225-12 to L. 225-16, must be preceded, under the conditions set out in Articles L. 225-8 to L. 225-1…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Payment with subrogation

Article 1346-2

…be express and the receipt given by the creditor must indicate the source of the funds.Subrogation may be granted without the assistance of the creditor, but on condition that the debt is due or the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Mergers involving joint stock companies or limited liability companies

Article L236-13

Where the merger is effected by the creation of a new company, the new company may be formed without any contributions other than those of the merging companies.Where the new company is a limited liab…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6461-13

…een days in urgent cases at the request of the representative of the State. The Territorial Council may submit proposals to the Government for the application to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon of the treati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Placement under house arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-13

…11 and D. 32-12 are included in the order. The investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge may decide that his order is made subject to the condition precedent that the device provided for in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Corporate mutual funds governed by article L. 214-165-1

Article R214-214-2

By way of derogation from I and II of article R. 214-32-29, corporate mutual funds may hold, without limitation, transferable securities issued by the company or by a company belonging to the same gro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Judicial supervision, house arrest and pre-trial detention

Article 137

…ins free. However, due to the requirements of the investigation or as a security measure, he or she may be subject to one or more obligations of judicial supervision or, if these prove insufficient, b…

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