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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Property in relation to those who own it

Article 539

The property of persons who die without heirs or whose estates are abandoned belongs to the State.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Property in relation to those who own it

Article 542

Communal assets are those to whose ownership or proceeds the inhabitants of one or more communes have an acquired right.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Property in relation to those who own it

Article 543

One may have over the property, either a right of ownership, or a mere right of enjoyment, or only land services to claim.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The subject matter of the dispute.

Article 5

The judge must rule on everything that is requested and only on what is requested.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article L411-5

…for decisions ruling on an opposition filed against an application for registration of a trade mark and for decisions ruling on an application for relief from revocation in respect of trade marks or d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction by reason of subject matter.

Article L1411-5

The industrial tribunal gives its opinion on questions put to it by the administrative authority.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions relating to group insurance.

Article L141-5

Notwithstanding the provisions of articles L. 132-2 and L. 132-3, the legal representative of an adult under guardianship may take out a group insurance policy in the event of death on behalf of the a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-5

…or not in the form of full hospitalisation, on account of a mental disorder, retains all his rights and duties as a citizen at the end of such care, subject to the provisions relating to measures for…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R310-5

Securities of any kind, prospectuses, posters, circulars, plates, printed matter and all other documents intended for distribution to the public or published by a company mentioned in 1°, 3° and 4° of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Economic interest groupings.

Article L251-5

The nullity of the economic interest group and of its acts or deliberations may only result from a breach of the mandatory provisions of this chapter, or from one of the causes of nullity of contracts…

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