French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Invocation of the limitation period.
Article 2247
Judges may not, of their own motion, substitute the plea resulting from prescription.
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Judges may not, of their own motion, substitute the plea resulting from prescription.
However, the persons set out in articles 2266 and 2267 may prescribe, if the title to their possession is inverted, either by a cause coming from a third party, or by the contradiction they have oppos…
Acquisitive prescription is interrupted when the possessor of a property is deprived for more than one year of the enjoyment of that property either by the owner or even by a third party.
Sums paid in respect of the pledged claim are deducted from the secured claim when it is due.If this is not the case, the pledged creditor retains them as security in a specially allocated account ope…
The register kept pursuant to the preceding article shall be numbered and initialled on each page, by first and last, by the judicial court judge within whose jurisdiction the office is established. I…
A letter of intent is an undertaking to do or not to do with the object of supporting a debtor in the performance of his obligation to his creditor.
In the absence of full payment on the due date, the creditor may request the return of the property in order to recover the right to dispose of it. The value of the property taken back is set off, by…
Real estate liens are granted by law. They are general. They are exempt from the formality of registration. The legal provisions governing them are to be interpreted strictly. They give the right to b…
Mortgages are always granted for the capital up to a specified amount, which the notarial deed mentions on pain of nullity. Where applicable, the parties shall assess any indeterminate, contingent or…
When a provisional registration of a judicial mortgage has been made, the provisions of articles 2429 to 2431 apply to the definitive registration and its renewal. The starting date for the time limit…
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