Article 1162
A contract may not derogate from public policy either by its terms or by its purpose, whether or not the latter was known to all the parties.
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A contract may not derogate from public policy either by its terms or by its purpose, whether or not the latter was known to all the parties.
A contract for valuable consideration is void where, at the time of its formation, the consideration agreed for the benefit of the person making the commitment is illusory or derisory.
…ose tax residence is in France benefit from a reduction in their income tax when their dependent children are in secondary or higher education during the school year in progress on 31 December of the…
A person who is incapable of entering into a contract may nevertheless carry out on his or her own the ordinary acts authorised by law or custom, provided that they are entered into under normal condi…
The order may be appealed within fifteen days of the decision. The appeal is lodged, investigated and judged according to the rules applicable to non-contentious matters.
The Public Prosecutor represents the State in paternity actions brought in the absence of heirs to the alleged father or where they have renounced the succession.
The costs of the conversion proceedings shall be apportioned in the same way as those of the legal separation proceedings. The costs relating to the appeal proceedings shall be treated as those of new…
Rights acquired without fraud, on the basis of the presumption of absence, are not called into question when the death of the absent person is established or judicially declared, regardless of the dat…
Any natural person may contract except in the case of incapacity provided for by law.The capacity of legal persons is limited by the rules applicable to each of them.
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