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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other written documents

Article 1378-1

Domestic registers and papers are not evidence in favour of the person who wrote them.They are evidence against him:1° In all cases where they formally state a payment received;2° When they contain th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Gift-shares made to presumptive heirs.

Article 1076-1

In the case of a shared gift made jointly by two spouses, the non-common child may be allotted on the basis of its author in the latter's own property or in common property, without the spouse, howeve…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Gift-shares made to presumptive heirs.

Article 1078-1

The lot of certain beneficiaries may be made up, in whole or in part, of donations, either subject to return or made outside their share, already received by them from the disposing person, having reg…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Gift-shares made to presumptive heirs.

Article 1077-1

…ire heir, who has not contributed to the shared gift, or who has received a lot less than his share of the reserve, may exercise the action in reduction, if there is not at the opening of the successi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Challenging the measures imposed

Article R733-17-1

Where the provisions of Article L. 714-1, the registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt by which, pursuant to Article R. 713-11, the judgment is notified to the lessor, informs the latter that…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the publication of a book in printed and digital form

Article L132-17-1

Where the purpose of a publishing contract is to publish a book in both printed and digital form, the conditions relating to the transfer of exploitation rights in digital form shall be set out in a s…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 17-12

Where a change of nationality is subject, under the terms of an international convention, to the performance of an act of option, the form of that act is determined by the law of the contracting count…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation without a public offer or with a public offer referred to in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-16-1

The voting rights and dividend rights of shares or share denominations issued in breach of this sub-section are suspended until the situation is rectified. Any vote cast or dividend paid during the su…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation without a public offer or with a public offer referred to in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code

Article R225-14-1

For the application of I of article L. 225-8-1, the decision of the founders not to appoint a contributions auditor, and any document relating to the description and valuation of the contributions, in…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title III: Sources of obligations

Article 1100-1

Legal acts are expressions of will intended to produce legal effects. They may be conventional or unilateral.They obey, as a matter of course, for their validity and effects, the rules that govern con…

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