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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Operations prior to reduction

Article 919-1

A gift made in advance of an inheritance share to a reserved heir who accepts the succession is deducted from his share of the reserve and, subsidiarily, from the available portion, if not otherwise a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Operations prior to reduction

Article 919-2

…ft made outside the share of the estate is deducted from the available share. The excess is subject to reduction.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Operations prior to reduction

Article 918

…either on payment of a life annuity, or on a non-refundable basis, or with reservation of usufruct to one of the successors in the direct line, is deducted from the available portion. Any excess is s…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Operations prior to reduction

Article 919

The available portion may be given in whole or in part either by inter vivos deed or by will, to the children or other successors of the donor, without being subject to report by the donee or legatee…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Separation as to property.

Article 1541

One of the spouses is not liable for the failure to use or reuse the property of the other, unless he or she has interfered in the disposal or collection operations, or it is proved that the funds wer…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Separation as to property.

Article 1542

…en spouses separated by property, in all that concerns its forms, the maintenance of the indivision and the preferential allocation, the licitation of the property, the effects of the division, the gu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Separation as to property.

Article 1539

…e spouses entrusts the other with the administration of his or her personal property, the rules of mandate apply. The mandating spouse is, however, exempt from rendering an account of the fruits, wher…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Separation as to property.

Article 1537

The spouses shall contribute to the expenses of the marriage in accordance with the agreements contained in their contract; and, if there are none in this respect, in the proportion determined in Arti…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Separation as to property.

Article 1538

Both in relation to his or her spouse and to third parties, a spouse may prove by any means that he or she has exclusive ownership of property. Presumptions of ownership set out in the marriage contra…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Separation as to property.

Article 1543

The rules of article 1479 apply to claims that either spouse may have against the other.

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