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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V BIS : General provisions

Article R249-15

The right to object provided for in

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383-0 B

1. Municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in I of article 1639 A bis, exempt…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Term bonds

Article 1305-1

The term may be express or tacit.Failing agreement, the judge may fix it in consideration of the nature of the obligation and the situation of the parties.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IX: Parental authority

Article 1210-1

Where, pursuant to the provisions of articles 383 and 388-2 of the Civil Code, the court shall appoint an ad hoc administrator and that in the interests of the child, it is impossible to choose the ad…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Agreement procedure

Article 1555-1

Where it has been possible to reach at least a partial agreement, this is recorded in a private deed drawn up under the conditions set out in Article 1374 of the Civil Code. It sets out in detail the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Defects in consent

Article 1137

Larceny is when a contracting party obtains the consent of the other by deceit or falsehood.Larceny is also constituted by the intentional concealment by one of the contracting parties of information…

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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: Defects in consent

Article 1130

Error, fraud and violence vitiate consent when they are of such a nature that, without them, one of the parties would not have contracted or would have contracted on substantially different terms. The…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Defects in consent

Article 1139

An error resulting from fraud is always excusable; it is a cause of nullity even if it relates to the value of the service or to a simple reason in the contract.

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