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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title IV: Obligations and contracts.

Article 1385

Where the court rejects the application on the grounds that it appears to be manifestly unfounded or inadmissible or that the applicant has not completed or rectified the application form within the t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title IV: Obligations and contracts.

Article 1386

…nless the counterclaimant withdraws his claim within a given period of time, the case will be heard and determined in accordance with the procedure on the merits applicable before it. On expiry of tha…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title IV: Obligations and contracts.

Article 1389

The provisions of Article 1387 do not apply to notification to the parties of the decision rendered. This notification is made, at the registry's request, by registered letter with acknowledgement of…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: The conciliation procedure

Article 130

The content of the agreement, even if partial, is recorded in minutes signed by the parties and the judge or in a report signed by the parties and the mediator, as appropriate.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: The conciliation procedure

Article 131

Extracts of the minutes drawn up by the judge may be issued. At any time, the parties or the earliest of them may submit the statement of agreement drawn up by the judicial conciliator to the judge fo…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Term bonds

Article 1305

The obligation is forward when its payability is deferred until the occurrence of a future and certain event, although the date is uncertain.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The conditional obligation

Article 1304

An obligation is conditional when it depends on a future and uncertain event. The condition is suspensive when its fulfilment renders the obligation pure and simple. It is resolutory when its fulfilme…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Multiple subjects

Article 1309

…peration of law. The division also takes place between their successors, the obligation being joint and several. If it is not otherwise regulated by law or by contract, the division takes place by equ…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The cumulative obligation

Article 1306

The obligation is cumulative when it covers several services and only the performance of all of them discharges the debtor.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The optional obligation

Article 1308

An obligation is optional where it has as its object a certain performance but the debtor has the option, in order to be discharged, of providing another. The optional obligation is extinguished if pe…

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