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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 1367

…official, it confers authenticity on the act.When it is electronic, it consists of the use of a reliable identification process guaranteeing its link with the act to which it is attached. The reliabil…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The authentic instrument

Article 1370

A deed that is not authentic because of the incompetence or incapacity of the officer, or because of a defect in form, is valid as written under private signature, if it has been signed by the parties…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The decisive oath

Article 1385-1

It may only be referred on a fact that is personal to the party to whom it is referred.It may be referred by that party, unless the fact that is the subject of it is purely personal to him.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The decisive oath

Article 1385

The decisive oath may be referred on any kind of dispute and in any case.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The authentic instrument

Article 1371

An authentic instrument is authentic until a forgery is recorded in respect of what the public official says he has personally performed or recorded.In the event of a forgery being recorded, the judge…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The authentic instrument

Article 1369

…official with the competence and capacity to act.It may be drawn up in electronic form if it is established and preserved under conditions laid down by decree in the Council of State.When it is recei…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other written documents

Article 1378-2

A notation of a payment or other cause of discharge made by the creditor on an original document of title which has always remained in his possession is equivalent to a simple presumption of discharge…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The decisive oath

Article 1385-2

He to whom the oath is referred and who refuses it or does not wish to refer it, or he to whom it has been referred and who refuses it, succeeds in his claim.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other written documents

Article 1378

…the person relying on them may not divide the entries in order to retain only those that are favourable to him.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The decisive oath

Article 1385-3

The party who has deferred or referred the oath may no longer retract it when the other party has declared that he is prepared to take that oath.When the deferred or referred oath has been taken, the…

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