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Showing 131140 of 45439 articles for Art. CE 14-2-2022 n° 442061

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Administration of community and private property.

Article 1427

If one of the spouses has exceeded his or her powers over the community property, the other, unless he or she has ratified the act, may apply for its annulment. The action for annulment is open to the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liquidation and partition of the community.

Article 1471

…s the right to choose which movables and immovables he will deduct. He may not, however, by his choice prejudice the rights that his spouse may have to apply for the maintenance of indivision or the p…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liquidation and partition of the community.

Article 1475

…ion of having it allocated to him or her by deduction from his or her share or in return for a balance, based on the value of the property on the day the allocation is requested.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liquidation and partition of the community.

Article 1478

…on has been consummated, if either spouse is a personal creditor of the other, such as where the price of his or her property has been used to pay a personal debt of his or her spouse, or for any othe…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Administration of community and private property.

Article 1435

If the use or reinvestment is made in advance, the property acquired is the community's own, provided that the sums expected from the community's own assets are paid to the community within five years…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liquidation and partition of the community.

Article 1473

Rewards due from or to the community shall bear interest ipso jure from the day of dissolution. However, where the reward is equal to the remaining profit, interest shall accrue from the day of liquid…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Administration of community and private property.

Article 1422

The spouses may not, one without the other, dispose of community property inter vivos, gratuitously. Nor may they, one without the other, assign any of that property to guarantee the debt of a third p…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Administration of community and private property.

Article 1429

…r spouse, be divested of the rights of administration and enjoyment granted to him or her by the preceding article. The provisions of articles 1445 to 1447 are applicable to this application. Unless t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Administration of community and private property.

Article 1438

If the father and mother have jointly endowed the common child without expressing the portion to which they intended to contribute, they are deemed to have each endowed half, either if the dowry was p…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Administration of community and private property.

Article 1431

If, during the marriage, one spouse entrusts the other with the administration of his or her own property, the rules of the power of attorney apply. The mandating spouse is, however, exempt from rende…

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