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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Obligations of agents

Article 1703

The competent public accountants may not, under any pretext, even if there is cause for expert appraisal, defer the registration of deeds and transfers for which the duties have been paid at the rates…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Execution of investigative measures.

Article 174

The judge may have a sound, visual or audiovisual recording made of all or part of the investigative steps he or she takes. The recording shall be kept at the court registry. Each party may request th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1743

If the lessor sells the leased property, the purchaser may not evict the farmer, sharecropper or lessee who has an authentic lease or one whose date is certain.He may, however, evict the lessee of non…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Objections to marriage

Article 173

The father, the mother and, in the absence of father and mother, the grandfathers and grandmothers may lodge an objection to the marriage of their children and descendants, even those of full age. Onc…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules specific to farm leases.

Article 1772

The lessee may be charged for fortuitous events by express stipulation.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1723

The lessor may not, during the term of the lease, change the form of the thing leased.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Nullities.

Article 177

Transactions may be regularized or restarted, even immediately, if the defect that vitiates them can be ruled out.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1749

Tenants may not be evicted until they have been paid by the landlord or, failing that, by the new purchaser, the damages explained above.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Objections to marriage

Article 174

In the absence of an ascendant, a brother or sister, uncle or aunt, cousin or first cousin, of full age, may object only in the following two cases:1° Where the consent of the family council, required…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules specific to farm leases.

Article 1769

If the lease is made for several years, and during the term of the lease the whole or at least half of a crop is removed by fortuitous events, the farmer may claim a remission of the price of his tena…

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