French Civil CodeIn force
Title XV: Transactions
Article 2052
The settlement prevents the parties from instituting or continuing legal proceedings with the same subject matter.
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The settlement prevents the parties from instituting or continuing legal proceedings with the same subject matter.
The principal must also indemnify the agent for losses incurred by the agent in the course of its management, without imprudence attributable to the agent.
Compromise may not be entered into on questions of personal status and capacity, on those relating to divorce and legal separation or on disputes concerning public authorities and public establishment…
Settlements are confined to their subject matter: the waiver made therein of all rights, actions and claims, means only that which relates to the dispute which gave rise to it.
A child who is French by virtue of the provisions of this Chapter shall be deemed to have been French from birth, even if the existence of the conditions required by law for the attribution of French…
The judge hears the witnesses in their evidence separately and in the order he or she determines. The witnesses shall be heard in the presence of the parties or the parties called. By way of exception…
The trust contract shall define the conditions under which the trustee shall report to the settlor.However, where during the performance of the contract the settlor is subject to a guardianship measur…
…h the exception of persons who are incapacitated from giving evidence in court. Persons who are unable to give evidence may, however, be heard under the same conditions, but without taking an oath. Ho…
Unless otherwise stipulated in the trust agreement, the settlor may at any time appoint a third party to ensure that his interests are safeguarded in the performance of the agreement and who may have…
While it is in progress, a participatory procedure agreement entered into before the matter is referred to a judge renders inadmissible any recourse to the judge for a ruling on the dispute. However,…
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