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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: The facts.

Article 8

The judge may invite the parties to provide such explanations of fact as he considers necessary for the resolution of the dispute.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 899

…or testamentary disposition by which the usufruct is given to one and the bare ownership to the other.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 82

…e, the public prosecutor may, within ten days, refer the matter directly to the investigating chamber. The same applies if the juge des libertés et de la détention (liberty and custody judge), referre…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications for partition.

Article 822

If the deceased leaves one or more minor descendants, maintenance of joint ownership may be requested either by the surviving spouse, by any heir, or by the legal representative of the minors. If ther…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of acceptance of the succession up to the amount of the net assets.

Article 801

As long as the right to accept is not time-barred against him, the heir may revoke his acceptance up to the amount of the net assets by accepting purely and simply. This acceptance is retroactive to t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Preferential allocations.

Article 834

The beneficiary of the preferential allotment does not become the sole owner of the property allotted until the day of the final partition. Until that date, he may renounce the allotment only where th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Actions to supplement shares

Article 889

Where one of the co-partitioners establishes that he has suffered an injury of more than one quarter, the supplement to his share shall be provided, at the option of the defendant, either in cash or i…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The proceedings.

Article 861

In the absence of conciliation, if the case is not ready for trial, the panel shall refer it to a future hearing or assign one of its members to hear it. Unless the case is decided at the first hearin…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title V: Provisions specific to the joint tribunal for rural leases.

Article 887

On the day indicated, an attempt at conciliation shall be made before the court, of which a record shall be drawn up. The court may delegate the conciliation mission to a court conciliator appointed f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Special provisions relating to inheritance

Article 803

Any purchaser of a property or business located in France and belonging to an estate devolving to one or more heirs, legatees or donees having their de facto or de jure domicile abroad, may not be rel…

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