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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Gift-shares made to descendants of different degrees.

Article 1078-6

Where descendants of different degrees contribute to the same shared gift, the division is made by stock. Allocations may be made to descendants of different degrees in some stocks and not in others.

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Chapter IX: Arrangements between spouses, either by marriage contract or during marriage.

Article 1094-3

The children or descendants may, notwithstanding any stipulation to the contrary by the disposing party, require, as regards the property subject to the usufruct, that an inventory of the movable prop…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 7: Executors.

Article 1030-1

In the absence of an accepting heir reservataire, the testator may empower the executor to dispose of all or part of the immovables of the succession, receive and invest the capital, pay the debts and…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Gift-shares made to descendants of different degrees.

Article 1078-8

…hich the donees have been allotted shall be valued in accordance with the rule laid down in Article 1078. If the descendants of a stock have not received a lot in the shared gift or have received only…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 7: Executors.

Article 1033-1

The executor's mission is free of charge, unless a donation is made on a special basis having regard to the disposing person's faculties and the services rendered.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article 1075-3

An action to supplement a share on the grounds of lesion cannot be brought against shared gifts and shared wills.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Gift-shares made to descendants of different degrees.

Article 1078-7

…gifts made to descendants of different degrees may include the agreements provided for in articles 1078-1 to 1078-3.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 7: Executors.

Article 1030-2

…form, delivery in possession is not required for the execution of the powers mentioned in Articles 1030 et 1030-1.

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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 1078-3

The agreements referred to in the two preceding articles may take place even in the absence of new gifts by the disposant. They are not regarded as gifts between the presumptive heirs, but as a partit…

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