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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 1354

The presumption which the law attaches to certain acts or facts by holding them to be certain exempts the person in whose favour it exists from proving it. It is said to be simple, when the law reserv…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1389

Without prejudice to gifts which may be made in the forms and in the cases determined by this Code, the spouses may not make any agreement or renunciation the object of which would be to change the le…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1387

The law governs conjugal association, as regards property, only in the absence of special agreements which the spouses may make as they see fit, provided that they are not contrary to good morals or t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1392

The option open to the survivor lapses if he has not exercised it, by notification to the heirs of the predeceased, within one month of the day on which they have given him formal notice to take sides…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1391

The marriage contract must determine the assets to which the option stipulated in favour of the survivor will apply. It may lay down bases of valuation and terms of payment, except for the reduction i…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1393

The spouses may declare, in a general manner, that they intend to marry under one of the regimes provided for in this Code. In the absence of special stipulations that derogate from or modify the comm…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 1355

Res judicata applies only to what is the subject of the judgment. The thing sought must be the same; the claim must be based on the same cause of action; the claim must be between the same parties, an…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Business management

Article 1301

A person who, without being obliged to do so, knowingly and usefully manages the business of another, without the knowledge or opposition of the master of that business, is subject, in the performance…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1390

They may, however, stipulate that on the dissolution of the marriage by the death of one of them, the surviving spouse shall have the option of acquiring or, as the case may be, having attributed to h…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 1357

The judicial administration of evidence and disputes relating thereto are governed by the code of civil procedure.

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