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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Judicial mortgages

Article 2408

The judicial mortgage, which is constituted as a conservatory measure, is governed by the Code of Civil Enforcement Procedures.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules specific to legal mortgages of minors or adults under guardianship

Article 2400

…hip of adults, the registration made under Article 2398 must be renewed, in accordance with article 2429 of the Civil Code, by the clerk of the judicial court.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Classification of mortgages

Article 2419

The order of preference between mortgagees and pledgees, insofar as their pledge relates to property deemed to be immovable, is determined by the dates on which the respective titles were published, n…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Rules specific to legal mortgages attached to sentencing judgments

Article 2401

The legal mortgage attached to judgments of conviction arises from contradictory or default judgments, whether final or provisional, in favour of the person who obtained them.It also arises from arbit…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special mortgages

Article 2405

By way of derogation from Article 2404, the mortgage may also be preserved solely by registration of the debt recovery instrument, up to its value.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special mortgages

Article 2407

When the measures prescribed by the order or formal notice referred to in 1° of Article 2404 have been carried out by the owner or operator, the publication at their expense of a release order prior t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 8: Transfer and extinction of mortgages

Article 2473

The mortgage is transferred ipso jure with the secured claim. The mortgagee may subrogate another creditor in the mortgage and retain his claim. He may also, by an assignment of anteriority, assign hi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title I: Provisions relating to Book I

Article 2495

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title I: Provisions relating to Book I

Article 2492

Book I is applicable to Mayotte subject to the following provisions.

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Book V: Provisions applicable to Mayotte

Article 2489

This Code shall apply in Mayotte under the conditions defined in this Book.

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