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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Usufruct

Article 581

It may be established on any kind of movable or immovable property.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of the usufructuary

Article 583

Natural fruits are those which are the spontaneous product of the earth. The product and growth of animals are also natural fruits. The industrial fruits of a fund are those obtained by cultivation.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of the usufructuary

Article 585

Natural and industrial fruits, hanging by branches or roots at the time when the usufruct is opened, belong to the usufructuary.Those which are in the same state at the time when the usufruct ends bel…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of the usufructuary

Article 582

The usufructuary has the right to enjoy any kind of fruit, whether natural, industrial or civil, that the object of which he has usufruct may produce.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of the usufructuary

Article 586

Civil fruits are deemed to be acquired day by day and belong to the usufructuary in proportion to the duration of his usufruct. This rule applies to farm lease prices as well as house rents and other…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of the usufructuary

Article 588

The usufruct of a life annuity also gives the usufructuary, for the duration of his usufruct, the right to receive the arrears, without being required to make any restitution.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of the usufructuary

Article 584

Civil fruits are house rents, interest on sums due, arrears on annuities. Farm lease prices are also classed as civil fruits.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of the usufructuary

Article 587

If the usufruct includes things that cannot be used without being consumed, such as money, grain, liquor, the usufructuary has the right to use them, but on condition that, at the end of the usufruct,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Usufruct

Article 580

The usufruct may be established, or purely, or on a certain day, or conditionally.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of the usufructuary

Article 589

If the usufruct includes things which, without being consumed immediately, deteriorate little by little through use, such as linen, furnishings, the usufructuary has the right to use them for the purp…

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