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

Article 1094-1

In the event that the spouse leaves children or descendants, whether or not of the marriage, he or she may dispose in favour of the other spouse either of the ownership of what he or she could dispose…

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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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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Introductory provisions

Article 1111-1

An instantaneous performance contract is one in which the obligations can be performed in a single performance.A successive performance contract is one in which the obligations of at least one party a…

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

Article 1002-1

Unless the disposing party wishes otherwise, where the succession has been accepted by at least one heir designated by law, the legatee may confine his emolument to part of the property disposed of in…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Liability for defective products

Article 1245-11

The producer may not invoke the ground for exoneration provided for in 4° of article 1245-10 where the damage was caused by an element of the human body or by products derived from it.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Liability for defective products

Article 1245-12

The producer's liability may be reduced or eliminated, having regard to all the circumstances, where the damage is caused jointly by a defect in the product and by the fault of the victim or of a pers…

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Section 3: Confusion

Article 1349-1

Where there is joint and several liability between several debtors or between several creditors, and the confusion concerns only one of them, extinction takes place, with regard to the others, only fo…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: The confession

Article 1383-1

A purely verbal extrajudicial confession is received only in cases where the law allows proof by any means.Its probative value is left to the judge's discretion.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Assignment of contract

Article 1216-1

If the assigned party has expressly consented, the assignment of the contract releases the assignor for the future.Failing this, and unless otherwise agreed, the assignor is jointly and severally liab…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Liability for defective products

Article 1245-13

The producer's liability towards the victim is not reduced by the act of a third party who contributed to the occurrence of the damage.

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