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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Easements deriving from the location of premises

Article 647

Any owner may close his inheritance, except for the exception made in article 682.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Changes of forenames and surnames.

Article 60

Any person may apply to the civil registrar to change their forename. The application is submitted to the civil registrar of the place of residence or the place where the birth certificate was drawn u…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Effects of the appeal in cassation.

Article 637

Such persons may, subject to the same condition, take the initiative themselves to refer the matter to the referring court.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 60

…hnical and scientific police services or bodies of the national police and the national gendarmerie may directly carry out findings and technical or scientific examinations falling within their remit,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 6

…of the judgment or ruling that declared the public prosecution extinguished, the public prosecution may be resumed; the statute of limitations must then be considered as suspended from the day on whic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Basis of assessment and settlement

Article 673

Where the land registration tax does not take the place of registration duties, only one proportional tax is payable, in any event, on the main deed and on the deed supplementing, interpreting, rectif…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Effects of the appeal in cassation.

Article 623

Cassation may be total or partial. It is partial when it affects only certain heads that can be dissociated from the others.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Easements deriving from the location of premises

Article 646

Any owner may oblige his neighbour to demarcate their adjoining properties. The demarcation is carried out at joint expense.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Initiation of the appeal in cassation.

Article 613

In respect of decisions by default, an appeal may only be lodged by the defaulting party from the day on which its opposition is no longer admissible.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Initiation of the appeal in cassation.

Article 609

Any party who has an interest may appeal to the Court of Cassation even if the provision that is unfavourable to him does not benefit his opponent.

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