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Showing 211–220 of 63909 articles for “Art. 156 I 1°”
New laws relating to the attribution of nationality of origin apply to persons who are still minors on the date of their entry into force, without prejudice to rights acquired by third parties and wit…
Where a change of nationality is subject, under the terms of an international convention, to the performance of an act of option, the form of that act is determined by the law of the contracting count…
The provisions of Article 17-8 apply, by way of interpretation, to changes of nationality resulting from annexations and cessions of territories resulting from treaties prior to 19 October 1945. Howev…
Without prejudice to the interpretation given to previous agreements, a change of nationality may not, under any circumstances, result from an international convention unless that convention expressly…
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…
When the divorce is granted, if debts or sureties have been granted by the spouses, jointly or severally, in connection with the management of a business, the court may decide to make the spouse who r…
He is bound to exercise all the care of a reasonable person in the management of the business; he must continue the management until the master of the business or his successor is able to provide for…
The provisions of the preceding article do not apply to agreements that are made by spouses who are divorcing with a view to liquidating their matrimonial property regime. Articles 265-2 and 1451 are…
The share of each partner in the profits and his contribution to the losses shall be determined in proportion to his share in the share capital and the share of the partner who has contributed only hi…
The nullity of the company can only result from the violation of the provisions of article 1832 and the first paragraph of articles 1832-1 and 1833, or any of the causes of nullity of contracts in gen…
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