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Showing 5160 of 8012 articles for Art. CJEU – Kontogeorgas – C-104/95 – 12 Dec. 1996

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Orders on request.

Article 958

The first president may, during the appeal proceedings, order on application any urgent measures relating to the safeguarding of the rights of a party or a third party where the circumstances require…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Non-contentious proceedings.

Article 950

An appeal against a non-contentious decision shall be lodged, by a declaration made or sent by registered post to the registry of the court which handed down the decision, by a lawyer or a public or m…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Summary orders.

Article 957

The first president may also, in the event of an appeal, suspend the enforcement of judgments improperly qualified as final, or exercise the powers conferred on him in respect of provisional enforceme…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Summary orders.

Article 956

In all cases of urgency, the first president may order in summary proceedings, in the event of an appeal, all measures that do not come up against any serious challenge or that are justified by the ex…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Orders on request.

Article 959

The application shall be presented by a lawyer where the proceedings before the court involve the constitution of a lawyer under the conditions provided for in Article 930-1.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Objections of lis pendens and connexity.

Article 104

Appeals against rulings on lis pendens or related actions by courts of first instance are lodged and decided in the same way as for pleas of lack of jurisdiction. In the event of multiple appeals, the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title III: Domicile

Article 104

Proof of intention will result from an express declaration, made both to the municipality of the place you are leaving, and to that of the place where you have transferred your domicile.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 8 : Revocation and lapse of wills.

Article 1043

The testamentary provision will lapse when the instituted heir or legatee repudiates it or becomes incapable of receiving it.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 8 : Revocation and lapse of wills.

Article 1040

Any testamentary disposition made under a condition dependent on an uncertain event, and such that, in the intention of the testator, the disposition is to be executed only so far as the event will or…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 8 : Revocation and lapse of wills.

Article 1045

It will still be deemed to have been made jointly when a thing which is not capable of being divided without deterioration has been given by the same act to several persons, even separately.

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