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Showing 83318340 of 30357 articles for Art. Cons. const. – 13 May 2011 – no. 2011-126 QPC

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

Article 644

…ed to be a public domain dependency by article 538 under the heading "De la distinction des biens", may use it as it passes for the irrigation of his properties. A person whose inheritance this water…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Undivided usufruct.

Article 815-18

…14, 815-15 and 815-16 must be sent to any bare owner and any usufructuary. However, a usufructuary may only acquire a bare ownership share if no bare owner acquires it; a bare owner may only acquire…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Judicial partition.

Article 841-1

…nted to draw up the liquidation statement comes up against the inertia of an undivided co-owner, he may give him formal notice, by extrajudicial act, to be represented. If the undivided co-owner fails…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Other debts

Article 878

The deceased's creditors and legatees of sums of money may ask to be given preference over the succession assets over any personal creditor of the heir. Reciprocally, the heir's personal creditors may…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Gift-shares made to presumptive heirs.

Article 1078-1

The lot of certain beneficiaries may be made up, in whole or in part, of donations, either subject to return or made outside their share, already received by them from the disposing person, having reg…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liquidation and partition of the community.

Article 1471

…pouse making the deduction has the right to choose which movables and immovables he will deduct. He may not, however, by his choice prejudice the rights that his spouse may have to apply for the maint…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title V: Judges' rules

Article 657

…court or to different courts, are simultaneously seised of the same offence, the public prosecutor may, in the interests of the proper administration of justice, request one of the judges to relinqui…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I bis: Priority question on constitutionality

Article LO630

…plea that a legislative provision infringes the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution may be raised in criminal proceedings, as well as the conditions under which the Conseil constitutio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 698-9

The trial courts mentioned in articles 697 and 697-5 may, if they find in their decision that publicity is likely to result in the disclosure of a national defence secret, order, by decision given in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-7

Where criminal proceedings have been instituted, the commission's decision may be taken before a ruling has been made on the public prosecution. The commission may, for the application of the last par…

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