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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-3

…ar, who shall endorse it before returning it to them. The civil registrar registers the declaration and arranges for the publicity formalities to be carried out. Where the civil solidarity pact agreem…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-3-1

A mention is made in the margin of each partner's birth certificate of the declaration of civil solidarity pact, indicating the identity of the other partner. For foreign nationals born abroad, this i…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-5-3

…e of provisions to the contrary in the agreement, each partner is manager of the undivided property and may exercise the powers recognised by articles 1873-6 to 1873-8. For the administration of undiv…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Proceedings before the Criminal Appeals Chamber

Article 515

The court may, on the appeal of the public prosecutor, either confirm the judgment or reverse it in whole or in part in a manner favourable or unfavourable to the accused.The court may not, on the sol…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title: XIV: Measures to protect victims of violence

Article 515-13

…t out in Article 515-10.The judge is competent to take the measures mentioned in 1°, 2°, 2° bis, 6° and 7° of Article 515-11. It may also order, at the person's request, that the person under threat b…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Limitation periods

Article 515

An action for the rendering of an account, for a claim or for payment brought by the protected person or person who has been protected or by his heirs in respect of acts of guardianship shall be barre…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Optional provisional enforcement

Article 515

…ordered, of its own motion or at the request of a party, whenever the judge considers it necessary and compatible with the nature of the case. It may be ordered for all or part of the decision.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title: XIV: Measures to protect victims of violence

Article 515-12

…prosecutor or either of the parties, or after having carried out any useful investigative measure, and after having invited each of them to express their views, cancel or modify all or part of the me…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Proceedings before the Criminal Appeals Chamber

Article 515-1

Where the court, ruling on the civil action, has ordered provisional payment, in whole or in part, of the damages awarded, such provisional enforcement may be halted, on appeal, by the first president…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title: XIV: Measures to protect victims of violence

Article 515-11

…t for the hearing, if he or she considers, on the basis of the evidence presented before him or her and discussed in the presence of both parties, that there are serious grounds for considering it lik…

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