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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Changes of forenames and surnames.

Article 61

…se of the application to change the name may be to prevent the extinction of the name borne by an ascendant or collateral relative of the applicant up to the fourth degree. The change of name is autho…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Changes of forenames and surnames.

Article 60

…l registrar to change their forename. The application is submitted to the civil registrar of the place of residence or the place where the birth certificate was drawn up. In the case of a minor, the a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Marriage certificates.

Article 64

…s article will remain affixed to the door of the common house for ten days. The marriage may not be celebrated before the tenth day since and not including that of publication. If posting is interrupt…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Marriage certificates.

Article 69

…communes, the civil registrar of each commune shall without delay send to the one of them who is to celebrate the marriage a certificate stating that there is no opposition.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Marriage certificates.

Article 67

The civil registrar will, without delay, make a summary entry of the oppositions in the marriage register; he will also make a note, in the margin of the entry of the said oppositions, of the judgment…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Obligations of the usufructuary

Article 616

…t the date of restitution. If the herd does not perish entirely, the usufructuary is liable to replace, up to the amount of the growth, the heads of the animals that have perished.

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Section 2: Obligations of the usufructuary

Article 606

…the dykes and retaining and enclosing walls also in their entirety. All other repairs are maintenance..

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Obligations of the usufructuary

Article 613

The usufructuary is only liable for the costs of any legal proceedings concerning the usufructuary's enjoyment and any other judgments to which such proceedings may give rise.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Obligations of the usufructuary

Article 609

…is obliged to pay them, and the usufructuary must account to him for the interest; If they are advanced by the usufructuary, he has the recovery of the capital at the end of the usufruct.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: How usufruct ends

Article 618

The usufruct may also cease through the abuse that the usufructuary makes of his enjoyment, either by committing damage to the land, or by allowing it to decay for lack of maintenance. The creditors o…

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