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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Registration of rights in immovable property

Article 2525

Ministerial officers and public authorities are required to register, without delay and independently of the will of the parties, the rights referred to in Article 2521 resulting from acts drawn up be…

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Section 3: Registration of rights in immovable property

Article 2526

Any person who has an interest therein shall apply to the Registrar, by producing the writings executed in authentic form constituting the rights to be registered and other documents the filing of whi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Registration of rights in immovable property

Article 2528

Rights subject to registration pursuant to article 2521 are, if they have not been registered, unenforceable against third parties who, on the same immovable, have acquired, from the same author, comp…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Registration of immovable property and its effects

Article 2520

If the registrar rejects the application for registration or considers that it cannot be acted upon, the registrar forwards it to the court. The same applies if there are oppositions or applications f…

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Section 3: Contractual limitation periods.

Article 2254

…iption may be shortened or extended by agreement of the parties. It may not, however, be reduced to less than one year or extended to more than ten years.The parties may also, by mutual agreement, add…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 2257

When one has begun to possess for another, one is always presumed to possess in the same capacity, if there is no proof to the contrary.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Waiver of limitation.

Article 2252

A person who is unable to exercise his rights himself cannot waive the acquired prescription on his own.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 2255

Possession is the holding or enjoyment of a thing or right which we hold or exercise by ourselves, or by another who holds or exercises it on our behalf.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisitive prescription.

Article 2258

…ription is a means of acquiring property or a right by the effect of possession without the person alleging it being obliged to produce a title to it or being able to rely on the exception deduced fro…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Waiver of limitation.

Article 2253

Creditors, or any other person with an interest in prescription being acquired, may set it up against or invoke it even when the debtor waives it.

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