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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 7: Executors.

Article 1032

The executor's mission ends at the latest two years after the opening of the will unless extended by the judge.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Gradual gifts.

Article 1051

The second beneficiary is deemed to hold 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
Chapter IX: Arrangements between spouses, either by marriage contract or during marriage.

Article 1098

If a spouse has made to his or her spouse, within the limits of article 1094-1, a gift in property, each of the children who are not descended from both spouses shall have, as far as he or she is conc…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Institutions of heirs and legacies in general.

Article 1002

Testamentary dispositions are either universal, or by universal title, or by particular title. Each of these dispositions, whether it has been made under the name of an institution of heirship, or whe…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 7: Executors.

Article 1026

The executor may be relieved of his duties on serious grounds by the court.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 8 : Revocation and lapse of wills.

Article 1040

Any testamentary disposition made under a condition dependent on an uncertain event, and such that, in the intention of the testator, the disposition is to be executed only so far as the event will or…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Gradual gifts.

Article 1056

When the second gratified predeceases the indebted person or renounces the benefit of the gradual liberality, the property or rights that were the subject of it depend on the estate of the indebted pe…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Arrangements between spouses, either by marriage contract or during marriage.

Article 1095

A minor may, by marriage contract, give to the other spouse, either by simple gift or by reciprocal gift, only with the consent and assistance of those whose consent is required for the validity of hi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Arrangements between spouses, either by marriage contract or during marriage.

Article 1099

The spouses may not give indirectly to each other beyond what is permitted by the above provisions.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Specific legacies.

Article 1019

Where a person who has bequeathed the ownership of an immovable, has subsequently increased it by acquisitions, such acquisitions, even if contiguous, shall not, without a new provision, be deemed to…

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