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Showing 501510 of 60748 articles for Art. CE 11-5-2021 n° 440044 and 440045

French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capacity

Article 1151

…ion for nullity brought against him by establishing that the act was useful to the protected person and free from lesion or that it benefited the protected person. He may also oppose the action for nu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capacity

Article 1147

Incapacity to contract is a cause of relative nullity.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capacity

Article 1148

A person who is incapable of entering into a contract may nevertheless carry out on his or her own the ordinary acts authorised by law or custom, provided that they are entered into under normal condi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capacity

Article 1149

Routine acts performed by a minor may be annulled on the grounds of simple injury. However, nullity is not incurred where the lesion results from an unforeseeable event. A simple declaration of majori…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Representation

Article 1153

The legal, judicial or contractual representative is authorised to act only within the limits of the powers conferred on him.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Representation

Article 1158

…enter into may request the principal in writing to confirm, within a period which he shall specify and which must be reasonable, that the representative is authorised to enter into that act. The writ…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Special provisions for accepted divorces

Article 1123

At any time during the proceedings, the spouses may accept the principle of the breakdown of the marriage regardless of the facts giving rise to it.This acceptance may be recorded in a procès-verbal d…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Special provisions for accepted divorces

Article 1125

The costs of the proceedings, up to and including the writ of summons to have the divorce granted, shall be shared equally between the spouses, unless the judge decides otherwise.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Special provisions for accepted divorces

Article 1124

The family affairs judge shall grant the divorce on no grounds other than the spouses' acceptance.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Provisions specific to fault-based divorce

Article 1128

A request that the family court judge be dispensed from stating the wrongs and grievances of the spouses in the grounds of his or her decision must be expressly and concordantly formulated in the subm…

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