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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Opposition.

Article 576

The case shall be investigated and judged in accordance with the rules applicable before the court that handed down the decision against which opposition has been lodged.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Final provisions.

Article 570

…nstance or, if the latter cannot deal with the enforcement of its decisions, of the judicial tribunal.However, the court of appeal may, even of its own motion, decide in its judgment to withhold enfor…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Opposition.

Article 578

Anyone who allows himself to be judged a second time by default is no longer entitled to lodge a new opposition.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Opposition.

Article 571

The opposition seeks to have a default judgment set aside.It is only open to the defaulting party.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Declarations of birth.

Article 57

The birth record will state the day, time and place of birth, the child's sex, the forenames to be given to him or her, the family name, followed, where applicable, by a mention of the parents' joint…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Right of accession in relation to movable property

Article 572

Where a person has used in part the material which belonged to him and in part that which did not belong to him to form a thing of a new kind, without either of the two materials being entirely destro…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Right of accession in relation to movable property

Article 575

When the thing remains in common between the owners of the materials from which it was formed, it must be licensed for the common benefit.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Right of accession in relation to movable property

Article 574

If the material belonging to one of the owners were far superior to the other in quantity and price, in that case the owner of the material superior in value could reclaim the thing arising from the m…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Right of accession in relation to movable property

Article 576

In all cases where the owner whose material has been used, without his knowledge, to form a thing of another kind may claim ownership of that thing, he has the option of claiming the return of his mat…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Right of accession in relation to movable property

Article 570

If a craftsman or any other person has used material which did not belong to him to form a thing of a new kind, whether or not the material can return to its first form, the person who was the owner o…

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