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Showing 81–90 of 36960 articles for “Art. Cass. com. – 15 May 2007 – no. 05-19.947”
…ded in accordance with the provisions of Section II of Chapter V of Title I of Book III, the matter may be referred to the judge or the matter may be reinstated at the request of one of the parties, a…
The rules of article 1479 apply to claims that either spouse may have against the other.
Anything in commerce may be sold where particular laws have not prohibited its alienation.
The parties are never obliged to be represented and may in all circumstances defend themselves or be represented by a proxy.
Supplementary rolls may be drawn up on the basis of facts existing on 1 January of the year of taxation.
…mother, between grandfather and grandmother of the same line, or between grandfathers of both lines may be ascertained by a notary, requested by the future spouse and acting without the assistance of…
Any investigating or trial court, where a technical question arises, may, either at the request of the public prosecutor or of its own motion, or at the request of the parties, order an expert report.…
The judge may travel outside his jurisdiction to carry out an investigative measure or to monitor its execution.
A Frenchman may be brought before a court in France, for obligations contracted by him in a foreign country, even with a foreigner.
When it cannot be appealed independently of the judgment on the merits, the decision may take the form of a simple mention in the file or in the hearing register.
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