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Showing 1021–1030 of 57520 articles for “Art. L 251-11 al. 2”
If a witness is unable to appear, the examining magistrate shall travel to hear the witness, or issue a letter rogatory for this purpose in the forms provided for in article 151.
If the witness heard under the conditions provided for in the previous article was not unable to appear on the summons, the examining magistrate may impose the fine provided for in Article 109.
Commanders of the national navy leaving ports must complete all the formalities to which captains of merchant ships are subject.
A contract is synallagmatic when the contracting parties bind themselves reciprocally to each other. It is unilateral when one or more persons obligate themselves to one or more others without there b…
Contracts, whether or not they have a proper name, are subject to general rules, which are the subject of this subtitle. The rules particular to certain contracts are set out in the provisions specifi…
A preference pact is a contract by which a party undertakes to offer its beneficiary priority to deal with it in the event that it decides to enter into a contract. When a contract is entered into wit…
Legally formed contracts take the place of law for those who have made them.
The initiative, conduct and termination of pre-contractual negotiations are free. They must imperatively satisfy the requirements of good faith.In the event of fault committed in the negotiations, com…
A contract is onerous when each of the parties receives a benefit from the other in return for that which he provides. It is gratuitous when one of the parties provides the other with a benefit withou…
The framework contract is an agreement by which the parties agree on the general characteristics of their future contractual relationship. Implementing contracts specify the terms and conditions of th…
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