French Civil CodeIn force
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Article 715
The ability to hunt or fish is also regulated by specific laws.
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The ability to hunt or fish is also regulated by specific laws.
…endants of the deceased, other than the father and mother, who are in need benefit from a claim for maintenance against the estate of the predeceased. The time limit for claiming this is one year from…
The option cannot be exercised before the opening of the succession, even by marriage contract.
Where the father and mother predeceased the deceased and the deceased leaves no descendants, the brothers and sisters of the deceased or their descendants succeed to the deceased, to the exclusion of…
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A successor who is affected by a cause of unworthiness provided for in articles 726 and 727, where the deceased, subsequent to the facts and to his knowledge of them, has specified, by an express decl…
The option is indivisible. However, a person who has more than one succession claim to the same estate has a separate right of option for each of them.
…s already elapsed to make it presumed that the easement has been extinguished, as stated in Article 707.
There are things which belong to no one and whose use is common to all. Police laws regulate the manner of their enjoyment.
The option exercised has retroactive effect to the day on which the estate is opened.
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