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Showing 6170 of 23043 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 21-12-1990 n° 88-15.744

French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Other debts

Article 882

The creditors of a co-partitioner, in order to prevent the partition from being made in fraud of their rights, may object to it being made without their presence: they have the right to intervene at t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Effects of partition and guarantee of lots

Article 884

The co-heirs remain respectively guarantors, towards each other, for disturbances and evictions only which arise from a cause prior to the partition. They are also guarantors for the insolvency of the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Actions for nullity of partition

Article 888

A co-sharer who has alienated his lot in whole or in part is no longer entitled to bring an action based on fraud, mistake or violence, if the alienation he has made is subsequent to the discovery of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Actions to supplement shares

Article 889

Where one of the co-partitioners establishes that he has suffered an injury of more than one quarter, the supplement to his share shall be provided, at the option of the defendant, either in cash or i…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Other debts

Article 880

It cannot be exercised where the claimant creditor has waived it.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Actions for nullity of partition

Article 887

…ion of the rights of the co-sharers or the ownership of the property included in the partitionable mass. If it appears that the consequences of violence, fraud or error can be remedied other than by a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Effects of partition and guarantee of lots

Article 885

Each of the co-heirs is personally obliged, in proportion to his emolument, to compensate the evicted co-heir for the loss he has suffered, valued on the day of the eviction. If one of the co-heirs be…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Effects of partition and guarantee of lots

Article 883

Each co-heir is deemed to have succeeded alone and immediately to all the effects included in his or her lot, or to have fallen to him or her on licitation, and never to have had ownership of the othe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1° General information

Article 889

The formality of the endorsement for stamp debits is replaced by an endorsement dated and signed by the competent public accountant. This endorsement contains details of the duties subsequently due, e…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1° General information

Article 887

The stamp contribution is paid, in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down by decrees, either by the use of stamping machines, or by the affixing of mobile stamps, or by means of the stamp…

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