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Showing 11–20 of 44500 articles for “Art. L 227-14 et Art. L 227-16”
In the case of movable property, possession is equivalent to title. Nevertheless, a person who has lost something or from whom it has been stolen may claim it for three years from the day of the loss…
If the present possessor of the stolen or lost thing has purchased it at a fair or market, or at a public sale, or from a merchant selling such things, the original owner may only have it returned by…
A title invalid for lack of form cannot serve as a basis for the ten-year statute of limitations.
…e of the right, against the disturbance which affects or threatens it. Possessory protection is similarly granted to the possessor against anyone other than the person from whom he derives his rights.
Good faith is always presumed, and it is up to the person alleging bad faith to prove it.
It is sufficient that good faith existed at the time of acquisition.
The limitation period required to acquire ownership of real estate is thirty years.However, a person who acquires real estate in good faith and by just title prescribes ownership after ten years..
Acquisitive prescription is interrupted when the possessor of a property is deprived for more than one year of the enjoyment of that property either by the owner or even by a third party.
I. - Notwithstanding Articles L. 227-1 and L. 227-9, when a société par actions simplifiée makes an offer referred to in 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code relating to its capit…
The shareholders may appoint one or more statutory auditors under the conditions provided for in Article L. 227-9.At least one statutory auditor must be appointed by simplified joint stock companies w…
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