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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Third-party proceedings.

Article 590

The judge hearing the third party opposition as principal or incidental may suspend enforcement of the contested judgment.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Declarations of birth.

Article 59

In the event of a birth during a sea voyage, a record will be drawn up within three days of the birth on the declaration of the father, if he is on board. If the birth takes place during a stopover in…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of the usufructuary

Article 591

The usufructuary still benefits, always in accordance with the times and usage of the former owners, from the parts of the high forest woods that have been set aside for regulated felling, whether the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of the usufructuary

Article 597

He shall enjoy the rights of easement, of passage, and generally all the rights which the owner may enjoy, and he shall enjoy them as the owner himself.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of the usufructuary

Article 596

The usufructuary enjoys the increase that has occurred by alluvium to the object of which he has the usufruct.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of the usufructuary

Article 595

The usufructuary may enjoy by himself, lease to another, even sell or transfer his right free of charge. Leases which the usufructuary alone has made for a period which exceeds nine years are, in the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of the usufructuary

Article 598

He shall also enjoy, in the same manner as the owner, mines and quarries which are in operation at the opening of the usufruct; and nevertheless, if it is a question of an operation which cannot be ma…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of the usufructuary

Article 592

In all other cases, the usufructuary may not touch the tall trees: he may only use, to make the repairs for which he is liable, trees uprooted or broken by accident; he may even, for this purpose, hav…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of the usufructuary

Article 594

Fruit trees that die, and even those that are uprooted or broken by accident, belong to the usufructuary, with the obligation to replace them with others.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of the usufructuary

Article 590

If the usufruct includes coppiced woods, the usufructuary is obliged to observe the order and proportion of the cuts, in accordance with the development or the constant use of the owners; without comp…

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