French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Acquisitive prescription in property matters.
Article 2273
A title invalid for lack of form cannot serve as a basis for the ten-year statute of limitations.
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A title invalid for lack of form cannot serve as a basis for the ten-year statute of limitations.
Good faith is always presumed, and it is up to the person alleging bad faith to prove it.
It is sufficient that good faith existed at the time of acquisition.
The limitation period required to acquire ownership of real estate is thirty years.However, a person who acquires real estate in good faith and by just title prescribes ownership after ten years..
When one has begun to possess for another, one is always presumed to possess in the same capacity, if there is no proof to the contrary.
Possession is the holding or enjoyment of a thing or right which we hold or exercise by ourselves, or by another who holds or exercises it on our behalf.
…ription is a means of acquiring property or a right by the effect of possession without the person alleging it being obliged to produce a title to it or being able to rely on the exception deduced fro…
The articles 2221 and 2222, and Chapters III and IV of Title XX of this book subject to the provisions of this chapter.
One is always presumed to possess for oneself, and as owner, unless it is proved that one began to possess for another.
The duration of prescription may be shortened or extended by agreement of the parties. It may not, however, be reduced to less than one year or extended to more than ten years.The parties may also, by…
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