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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Service of documents abroad.

Article 687

The public prosecutor shall inform the requesting authority of the steps taken; he or she shall, where appropriate, forward to the requesting authority any minutes or receipts recording the delivery o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Service of documents abroad.

Article 687-2

…or serve the document, or where this date is unknown, the date on which one of these authorities informed the requesting French authority that it was impossible to serve the document. Where no certif…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Service of documents abroad.

Article 688

…hall be seised of the claim made by writ by the delivery to it of the document completed with the information provided for in Article 684-1 or, as the case may be, in Article 687-1, where appropriate…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Service of documents abroad.

Article 685

The authority responsible for service shall give two copies of the document to the public prosecutor, who shall endorse the original.The public prosecutor shall forward the copies of the document with…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Service of documents abroad.

Article 686

Unless it has been possible to effect service by post, the authority responsible for service must, on the same day or, at the latest, on the first working day thereafter, send to the addressee, by reg…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capacity

Article 1150

Acts performed by protected adults are governed by articles 435,465 and 494-9 without prejudice to articles 1148,1151 and 1352-4.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Defects in consent

Article 1137

…d.Larceny is also constituted by the intentional concealment by one of the contracting parties of information which he knows to be decisive for the other party.However, it does not constitute fraud fo…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Defects in consent

Article 1140

Violence occurs when a party enters into a commitment under the pressure of a constraint which inspires him with the fear of exposing his person, his fortune or those of his relatives to considerable…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Defects in consent

Article 1141

The threat of legal action does not constitute violence. The situation is different where the legal remedy is diverted from its purpose or where it is invoked or exercised to obtain a manifestly exces…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Representation

Article 1161

…opposition of interests or contract on his own behalf with the principal.In these cases, the act performed is null and void unless authorised by law or ratified or authorised by the principal.

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