French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Easements deriving from the location of premises
Article 647
Any owner may close his inheritance, except for the exception made in article 682.
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Any owner may close his inheritance, except for the exception made in article 682.
Easements established by law have as their object the public or communal utility, or the utility of private individuals.
The lower lands are subject to those that are higher to receive the water that flows naturally from them without the hand of man having contributed to it. The lower owner may not raise a dyke that pre…
Any person whose property borders a running water, other than one declared to be a public domain dependency by article 538 under the heading "De la distinction des biens", may use it as it passes for…
He who has a spring in his land may always use the waters at his will within the limits and for the needs of his inheritance. The owner of a spring may no longer use it to the prejudice of the owners…
If, on leaving the land where they arise, spring waters form a watercourse with the character of public and flowing waters, the owner may not divert them from their natural course to the prejudice of…
Any owner may oblige his neighbour to demarcate their adjoining properties. The demarcation is carried out at joint expense.
An owner who wishes to close himself off loses his right to rangeland and fallow grazing in proportion to the land he subtracts from it.
In all investigations for forgery, the investigating judge, as soon as the document alleged to be forged has been produced before him or has been placed in the hands of the court, shall order it to be…
If, during a hearing of a tribunal or court, a document in the proceedings, or a document produced, is alleged to be forged, the court shall decide, after hearing the observations of the public prosec…
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