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Showing 151160 of 57258 articles for Art. Decree 2023-1056 of 17-11-2023

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Rules specific to leases.

Article 1759

If the tenant of a house or flat continues to enjoy it after the expiry of the lease in writing, without opposition from the landlord, he will be deemed to occupy it on the same conditions, for the te…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Rules specific to leases.

Article 1757

The lease of furniture provided to furnish an entire house, an entire main building, a shop, or any other flats, is deemed to be made for the ordinary duration of the leases of houses, main buildings,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules specific to farm leases.

Article 1770

…e loss is all the fruit, or at least half, the lessee shall be discharged from a proportionate part of the rental price. He shall not be entitled to any rebate if the loss is less than half.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules specific to farm leases.

Article 1774

A lease, without writing, of rural land, is deemed to be made for the time necessary for the lessee to collect all the fruits of the leased inheritance. Thus the farm lease of a meadow, a vineyard, an…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules specific to farm leases.

Article 1775

The lease of rural hereditaments although made without writing, shall cease at the expiry of the term fixed by the preceding article, only by the effect of a notice given in writing by one of the part…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules specific to farm leases.

Article 1778

The outgoing farmer must also leave the year's straw and fertiliser, if he received them when he took possession; and even if he did not receive them, the owner may retain them according to the valuat…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1795

The contract for the hire of work is dissolved by the death of the workman, architect or contractor.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules specific to farm leases.

Article 1773

…the sky, frost or blight. It does not apply to extraordinary fortuitous events, such as the ravages of war, or a flood, to which the country is not ordinarily subject, unless the lessee has been charg…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1799

Bricklayers, carpenters, locksmiths and other workmen who make contracts directly at prices made, are subject to the rules prescribed in this section: they are contractors in the part they deal with.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1791

If the work is made up of several parts or by measure, the verification may be done by parts: it is deemed to be done for all the parts paid for, if the master pays the workman in proportion to the wo…

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