Article 656
However, any co-owner of a party wall may be exempted from contributing to repairs and rebuilding by waiving the right of party ownership, provided that the party wall does not support a building belo…
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However, any co-owner of a party wall may be exempted from contributing to repairs and rebuilding by waiving the right of party ownership, provided that the party wall does not support a building belo…
If the party wall is not in a condition to support the heightening, the party wishing to heighten it must have it rebuilt in its entirety at his own expense, and the excess thickness must be taken on…
Any owner adjoining a wall has the option of making it party wall in whole or in part, by reimbursing the master of the wall half the expense it has cost, or half the expense of the portion of the wal…
Trees in the dividing hedge are joint like the hedge. Trees planted on the dividing line between two hereditaments are also deemed to be joint. When they die or are cut down or uprooted, these trees a…
The distance referred to in the two preceding articles is counted from the outer facing of the wall where the opening is made, and, if there are balconies or other similar projections, from their oute…
…However, in the event that a sufficient passage cannot be established on the divided land, article 682 would apply.
A neighbour who has not contributed to the heightening may acquire joint ownership of it by paying half the expense it has cost and the value of half the soil provided for the excess thickness, if any…
…by thirty years of continuous use.The action for compensation, in the case provided for in Article 682, is time-barred, and the passage may be continued, although the action for indemnity is no longe…
There is a destination of the father of the family only when it is proved that the two pieces of land currently divided belonged to the same owner, and that it was by him that things were put in the s…
It derives either from the natural situation of the premises, or from obligations imposed by law, or from agreements between owners.
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