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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Easements deriving from the location of premises

Article 648

An owner who wishes to close himself off loses his right to rangeland and fallow grazing in proportion to the land he subtracts from it.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Party walls and ditches

Article 668

A neighbour whose inheritance adjoins a non-dividing ditch or hedge cannot compel the owner of that ditch or hedge to surrender the common ownership to him. The joint owner of a party hedge may destro…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Right of way

Article 682

An owner whose land is enclosed and who has no access, or insufficient access, to the public highway, either for the agricultural, industrial or commercial use of his property, or for the completion o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Appeals to the Court of Cassation

Article 600

No one may, under any circumstances, take advantage against the party being prosecuted of the violation or omission of the rules established to ensure the latter's defence.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Requests for prior acts

Article 626

…epresentative or, in the event of death or declared absence, the persons mentioned in 4° of Article 622-2 who intend to submit an application for review to the Court of Revision and Reconsideration ma…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Procedure before the Court of Revision and Reconsideration

Article 624

The application for review or the application for reconsideration shall be submitted to the commission for the examination of applications for review and reconsideration, which shall rule on its admis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Judgments of the Cour de cassation

Article 612

In criminal or police matters, if the judgment and proceedings are set aside for lack of jurisdiction, the Cour de cassation refers the case back to the judges who must hear it and designates them. Th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Judgments of the Cour de cassation

Article 609

When the Cour de cassation quashes a judgment or ruling handed down in a criminal or police matter, it shall refer the proceedings and the parties back to a court of the same order and degree as the o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Applications for review and reconsideration

Article 622

Revision of a final criminal judgment may be requested for the benefit of any person convicted of a felony or misdemeanour where, after conviction, a new fact occurs or a factor unknown to the court o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Examination of appeals and hearings

Article 604

The Court of Cassation, in any criminal, correctional or police case, may rule on the appeal immediately after the expiry of a period of ten days from receipt of the case file. It must rule as a matte…

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