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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Creditors' right of pursuit.

Article 815-17

Creditors who could have acted on the undivided property before there was indivision, and those whose claim arises from the conservation or management of the undivided property, shall be paid out of t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transfer of certain intangible rights, successive rights and rights in dispute

Article 1701-1

The articles 1689 to 1691 and 1693 shall not apply to assignments governed by articles 1321 to 1326 of this Code.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1792-1

The following are deemed to be builders of the work: 1° Any architect, contractor, technician or other person bound to the owner of the work by a contract for the hire of work; 2° Any person who sells…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1792-2

The presumption of liability established by article 1792 also extends to damage that affects the solidity of the equipment elements of a structure, but only when these form an indivisible whole with t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1792-3

The other items of equipment in the building are covered by a guarantee of good working order for a minimum of two years from the date of acceptance.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1844-17

…n shall be barred after three years from the day on which the annulment decision has become res judicata. The disappearance of the cause of nullity shall not prevent the bringing of an action for dama…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the presence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-17

Where the usufructuaries have not been parties to the agreement, third parties who have dealt with the manager of the undivided interest may not rely, to the detriment of the usufruct rights, on any p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of fines and confiscation as well as reparation measures for victims

Article 627-17

…n the decision of the International Criminal Court, the transfer of the proceeds of fines and confiscated property or the proceeds of their sale to the court or to the Victims' Trust Fund. Such proper…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-17

…the investigating chamber postpones the extradition request and that opinion is final, extradition cannot be granted. The person claimed, if not detained for another reason, is then automatically rel…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXXIII: Procedure applicable in the event of a collective accident

Article 706-178

…igating judge and the specialised correctional panel of the judicial court mentioned in Article 706-176 exercise, throughout the jurisdiction determined pursuant to that same article, concurrent juris…

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