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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

A reservataire 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 t…

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

Article 1077-2

Shared gifts follow the rules for gifts inter vivos in all matters relating to imputation, calculation of the reserve and reduction. The action for reduction may only be brought after the death of the…

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

Article 1078-2

The parties may also agree that a previous gift made outside the share will be incorporated into the partition and set off against the donee's share of the reserve as an advance on the inheritance sha…

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

Article 1076

A gift-sharing arrangement may only concern present assets. The gift and the sharing may be made by separate deeds provided that the disposing party intervenes in both deeds.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Gradual gifts.

Article 1052

It is up to the disposing party to prescribe guarantees and securities for the proper performance of the charge.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Residual gifts.

Article 1060

The first grantee is not required to account for its management to the disposing party or its heirs.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Gradual gifts.

Article 1051

…his rights from the author of the liberality. The same applies to his heirs where they receive the gift under the conditions provided for in Article 1056.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Gradual gifts.

Article 1056

…benefit of the gradual liberality, the property or rights that were the subject of it depend on the estate of the indebted person, unless the deed expressly provides that his heirs may receive it or d…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Gradual gifts.

Article 1054

…charge may only be imposed on the available portion. The donee may, however, accept, in the deed of gift or subsequently in a deed drawn up under the conditions provided for in Article 930, that the c…

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