French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Buildings
Article 523
Pipes used to conduct water into a house or other inheritance are immovable and form part of the land to which they are attached.
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Pipes used to conduct water into a house or other inheritance are immovable and form part of the land to which they are attached.
Animals which the owner of the land delivers to the farmer or sharecropper for cultivation, whether valued or not, are subject to the regime of immovables as long as they remain attached to the land b…
Crops hanging by the roots and the fruits of trees not yet gathered are similarly immovable. As soon as the grains are cut and the fruits detached, though not removed, they are movable. If only part o…
The following are immovable, by the object to which they apply: The usufruct of immovable things; Servitudes or land services; Actions tending to claim immovable property.
Property is immovable, or by its nature, or by its destination, or by the object to which it applies.
Land and buildings are immovable by their nature.
Ordinary cuttings of coppiced or mature woodland put into regulated cuttings only become movable as and when the trees are felled.
It may be established on any kind of movable or immovable property.
Usufruct is the right to enjoy things owned by another, like the owner himself, but with the charge of preserving their substance.
The usufruct may be established, or purely, or on a certain day, or conditionally.
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