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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exercise of the reduction

Article 922

The reduction is determined by forming a mass of all the assets existing at the death of the donor or testator. Assets disposed of by donation inter vivos are fictitiously joined to this mass, accordi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exercise of the reduction

Article 923

Donations inter vivos shall never be reduced until the value of all the property included in the testamentary dispositions has been exhausted; and when there is need for such reduction, it shall be ma…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Operations prior to reduction

Article 918

The value of the full ownership of the property alienated, 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 lin…

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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
Section 1: The form of gifts inter vivos.

Article 944

Any gift inter vivos, made under conditions the performance of which depends on the sole will of the donor, shall be void.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Exceptions to the rule that gifts inter vivos are irrevocable.

Article 957

The application for revocation on grounds of ingratitude must be made within one year from the day of the offence imputed by the donor to the donee, or from the day on which the offence could have bee…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1 : General rules on the form of wills.

Article 971

A will by public deed is received by two notaries or by one notary assisted by two witnesses.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2 : Special rules on the form of certain wills.

Article 982

The wills mentioned in the preceding article may still, if the testator is ill or wounded, be received, in military hospitals or medical units, as defined by army regulations, by the chief medical off…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2 : Special rules on the form of certain wills.

Article 983

In all cases, a duplicate original of the wills referred to in articles 981and 982. If this formality could not be carried out due to the testator's state of health, a copy of the will, signed by the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2 : Special rules on the form of certain wills.

Article 993

The vessel's logbook shall mention, opposite the testator's name, the handing over of the originals or the copy of the will made, as the case may be, to the consulate, to the minister responsible for…

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