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Showing 3140 of 29800 articles for Art. 15 mai 1990

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: The nature and form of the sale.

Article 1582

A sale is an agreement by which one party undertakes to deliver a thing, and the other to pay for it. It may be made by deed or by private agreement.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The international arbitration agreement

Article 1508

The arbitration agreement may, directly or by reference to arbitration rules or rules of procedure, appoint the arbitrator or arbitrators or provide for the manner of their appointment.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Agreement-based mediation and conciliation

Article 1538

With the consent of the parties concerned, the mediator may visit the premises and interview any persons he deems useful, subject to their agreement.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Things that can be sold.

Article 1599

The sale of someone else's thing is void: it may give rise to damages where the buyer was unaware that the thing belonged to someone else.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Awards rendered in France

Article 1521

The First President or, as soon as the matter is referred to him, the Conseiller de la mise en état may grant exequatur to the award.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Qualities and conditions required to enter into marriage

Article 159

If there are no fathers, mothers, grandfathers or grandmothers, or if they are all unable to express their will, minors aged eighteen may not contract marriage without the consent of the family counci…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Agreement procedure

Article 1550

At the request of the technician or after hearing his observations, the parties may modify the assignment entrusted to him or entrust an additional assignment to another technician.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: The nature and form of the sale.

Article 1592

It may, however, be left to the estimate of a third party; if the third party is unwilling or unable to make the estimate, there is no sale, unless the estimate is made by another third party.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable to the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article 1579

In the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the summonses, summonses, service, notifications and delivery of documents provided for in this code may be made by simple letter against the signature of the interes…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Agreement-based mediation and conciliation

Article 1532

The mediator may be a natural or legal person. Where the mediator is a legal entity, it appoints, with the agreement of the parties, the natural person responsible for carrying out the mediation assig…

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