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Showing 361370 of 57478 articles for Art. CE 15 Apr 2016 n° 390457 and 390774

French Civil CodeIn force
Provisions common to both parts of Chapter II.

Article 1527

…ldren who are not children of both spouses, any agreement that would result in one of the spouses receiving more than the portion regulated by Article 1094-1, under the heading "Gifts inter vivos and…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Precipitation.

Article 1518

When the community is dissolved during the lifetime of the spouses, there is no need to issue the precipitate; but the spouse in whose favour it has been stipulated retains his rights for the event of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Precipitation.

Article 1515

…if he or she survives, shall be entitled to take from the community, before any partition, either a certain sum, certain property in kind, or a certain quantity of a specified species of property.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Precipitation.

Article 1519

Community creditors always have the right to have the effects included in the preciput sold, except for the spouse's recourse to the remainder of the community.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Precipitation.

Article 1516

The preciput is not regarded as a gift, either in substance or in form, but as a marriage agreement and between partners.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Letters rogatory

Article 151

…gistrate may request by letter rogatory any judge of his court, any examining magistrate or any officer of the judicial police, who shall in this case notify the public prosecutor, to carry out the ac…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Letters rogatory

Article 152

The magistrates or judicial police officers assigned to carry out the investigation exercise, within the limits of the letter rogatory, all the powers of the investigating judge. However, the judicial…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Letters rogatory

Article 154

The provisions of articles 61-1 and 61-2 relating to the hearing of a suspected person or a victim as well as Articles 61-3 and 62-2 to 64-1 are applicable during the execution of letters rogatory. Th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Universal community.

Article 1526

…uses may establish by their marriage contract a universal community of their property, both movable and immovable, present and future. However, unless otherwise stipulated, the property that article 1…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Joint administration clause.

Article 1503

…ses may agree that they will jointly administer the community. In this case, acts of administration and disposal of community property are made under the joint signature of both spouses and they autom…

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