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Showing 21–30 of 29800 articles for “Art. 15 mai 1990”
An award rendered in France in international arbitration may only be the subject of an action for annulment.
At the end of the conventional procedure and with the exception of applications for divorce or legal separation, which shall be decided in accordance with the provisions of Section II of Chapter V of…
The rules of article 1479 apply to claims that either spouse may have against the other.
Anything in commerce may be sold where particular laws have not prohibited its alienation.
The parties are never obliged to be represented and may in all circumstances defend themselves or be represented by a proxy.
Supplementary rolls may be drawn up on the basis of facts existing on 1 January of the year of taxation.
The competence vested in bailiffs to issue the documents provided for in this code may be exercised in the Wallis and Futuna Islands by a representative of the administrative or military authority; th…
The judge may travel outside his jurisdiction to carry out an investigative measure or to monitor its execution.
A Frenchman may be brought before a court in France, for obligations contracted by him in a foreign country, even with a foreigner.
When it cannot be appealed independently of the judgment on the merits, the decision may take the form of a simple mention in the file or in the hearing register.
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