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Showing 5160 of 49736 articles for Art. Cass. crim. – 2 Mar. 1978 – no. 76-92008

French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conversion of usufruct

Article 761

By agreement between the heirs and the spouse, the spouse's usufruct may be converted into a lump sum.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conversion of usufruct

Article 760

Failing agreement between the parties, the application for conversion is submitted to the judge. It may be introduced until the final partition. If he grants the conversion application, the judge dete…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conversion of usufruct

Article 762

The conversion of the usufruct is included in the partition transactions. It does not have retroactive effect, unless otherwise agreed by the parties.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Debts of the deceased

Article 768

For the calculation of death duties, debts payable by the deceased are deducted when their existence on the day the succession was opened is duly justified by any means of proof compatible with the wr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Debts of the deceased

Article 769

Debts payable by the deceased, which were contracted for the purchase of property included in the estate and exempt from death duties or in the interest of such property, are set off by priority again…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3° : Property damaged or unavailable outside France

Article 766

…ns of this article shall apply to successions opened and not declared before the publication of law no. 63-254 of 15 March 1963.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 768

…ensation from sentencing or a postponement of sentencing unless mention of the decision in bulletin no. 1 has been expressly excluded pursuant to article 132-59 du code pénal;2° Condemnations contradi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised courts

Article 706-76

…that article, concurrent jurisdiction with that resulting from the application of the articles 43,52,382 et 706-42. The court seised retains jurisdiction, regardless of the charges brought in the set…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Pension entitlement

Article 767

…eased has expressly declared that such a legacy shall be paid in preference to the others, article 927 shall apply.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Establishment of counsel and submissions

Article 766

…have been constituted. They shall not be admissible until the particulars referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 765 have been provided. The communication of documents produced is validly attested by…

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