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Showing 2130 of 4136 articles for Art. Convention franco-britannique 1968

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Precipitation.

Article 1515

It may be agreed in the marriage contract that the survivor of the spouses, or one of them if he or she survives, shall be entitled to take from the community, before any partition, either a certain s…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Precipitation.

Article 1519

Community creditors always have the right to have the effects included in the preciput sold, except for the spouse's recourse to the remainder of the community.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Precipitation.

Article 1516

The preciput is not regarded as a gift, either in substance or in form, but as a marriage agreement and between partners.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Universal community.

Article 1526

The spouses may establish by their marriage contract a universal community of their property, both movable and immovable, present and future. However, unless otherwise stipulated, the property that ar…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Joint administration clause.

Article 1503

The spouses may agree that they will jointly administer the community. In this case, acts of administration and disposal of community property are made under the joint signature of both spouses and th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5 : Stipulation of unequal shares.

Article 1520

The spouses may derogate from the equal division established by law.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5 : Stipulation of unequal shares.

Article 1525

The stipulation of unequal shares and the full allocation clause are not deemed to be donations, either in substance or in form, but simply marriage agreements and agreements between partners. Unless…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5 : Stipulation of unequal shares.

Article 1524

The attribution of the entire community can only be agreed for the event of survival, either in favour of a designated spouse or in favour of whoever survives. The spouse who retains the entire commun…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5 : Stipulation of unequal shares.

Article 1521

Where it has been stipulated that the spouse or his or her heirs will only have a certain share in the community, such as one-third or one-quarter, the spouse thus reduced or his or her heirs only bea…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Relationship between agreements and laws and regulations.

Article L2251-1

An agreement may contain provisions that are more favourable to employees than the legal provisions in force. They may not derogate from provisions of public policy.

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