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Showing 1120 of 1083 articles for Art. LD-AdIC §§ 63–75

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Institution of proceedings

Article 758

Where the court is seised by application, the president of the court shall fix the place, day and time of the hearing. Where the application is signed jointly by the parties, that date shall be fixed…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Institution of proceedings

Article 757

In addition to the information prescribed by articles 54 and 57, the application must contain, on pain of nullity, a summary statement of the grounds for the application. The documents that the claima…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Institution of proceedings

Article 759

Where the application is made jointly by the parties, the applicants may, as soon as the application is lodged with the registry, request that the case be assigned to a single judge, or waive the opti…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title I: Common provisions

Article 750

Claims may also be made by application where the amount of the claim does not exceed It may also be brought by application where the amount of the claim does not exceed 5,000 euros in ordinary oral pr…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Institution of proceedings

Article 756

In cases where the application may be made by petition, the earliest party shall refer the matter to the court by delivering the petition to the registry. This application may be delivered or addresse…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The nature, amount and exercise of rights

Article 756

The successor spouse is called to the succession, either alone or in concurrence with the parents of the deceased.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The nature, amount and exercise of rights

Article 757

If the predeceased spouse leaves children or descendants, the surviving spouse receives, at his or her option, the usufruct of the whole of the existing property or ownership of a quarter of the prope…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The nature, amount and exercise of rights

Article 758

When the surviving spouse receives all or three quarters of the property, the ascendants of the deceased, other than the father and mother, who are in need benefit from a claim for maintenance against…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Division into paternal and maternal branches.

Article 750

In each branch succeeds, to the exclusion of all others, the collateral who is in the nearest degree. Collaterals in the same degree succeed by head. In the absence of a collateral in one branch, coll…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Representation.

Article 751

Representation is a legal fiction whose effect is to call to succession the representatives to the rights of the principal.

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