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Showing 33813390 of 52466 articles for Art. Cass. com. 7-2-1989 n° 242

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: International letters rogatory.

Article 734-1

The clerk's office of the issuing court shall send a copy of the decision granting letters rogatory to the public prosecutor's office, unless transmission is to be made directly to the competent forei…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Opening of estates, universal title and seisin

Article 724-1

The provisions of this Title, in particular those concerning the option, indivision and partition, apply as appropriate to universal legatees and donees or to universal titlees, where they are not der…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Orders of heirs.

Article 738-1

Where only the father or mother survives and the deceased has neither posterity nor brothers or sisters nor descendants of the latter, but leaves one or more ascendants of a branch other than that of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Qualifications for succession.

Article 725-1

Where two persons, one of whom was entitled to succeed the other, perish in the same event, the order of death shall be established by any means. If this order cannot be determined, the succession of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Representation.

Article 752-1

Representation does not take place in favour of ascendants; the nearest, in each of the two lines, always excludes the most distant.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Qualifications for succession.

Article 727-1

The declaration of unworthiness provided for in article 727 is pronounced after the opening of the succession by the judicial court at the request of another heir. The application must be made within…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Single chapter: Authentic instruments

Article 710-1

Any deed or right must, in order to give rise to land registration formalities, result from a deed received in authentic form by a notary practising in France, from a court decision or from an authent…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Termination of the posthumous mandate.

Article 812-7

Each year and at the end of the mandate, the mandatary shall render an account of his management to the interested heirs or their representatives and inform them of all acts performed. Failing this, j…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Rendering of accounts and termination of guardianship.

Article 810-7

The curator reports to the judge on the transactions carried out by him. The filing of the account shall be publicised. The curator shall present the account to any creditor or heir who so requests.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 900-7

If, subsequent to the revision, performance of the conditions or charges, as originally provided for, becomes possible again, it may be requested by the heirs.

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