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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
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 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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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Usufruct

Article 579

Usufruct is established by law, or by the will of man.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of the usufructuary

Article 593

…stiles for the vines; he may also take, from the trees, annual or periodic products; all according to the use of the country or the custom of the owners.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of the usufructuary

Article 599

…may not, on the cessation of the usufruct, claim any compensation for any improvements he may claim to have made, even though the value of the thing was increased thereby. He may, however, or his heir…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of the usufructuary

Article 589

…eteriorate little by little through use, such as linen, furnishings, the usufructuary has the right to use them for the purpose for which they were intended, and is only obliged to return them at the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 5

…criminal court. This is not the case unless the criminal court has been seised by the public prosecutor's office before a judgment on the merits has been given by the civil court.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: The Examining Magistrate

Article 50

…the magistrate appointed as stated in the first paragraph. If the First President delegates a judge to the court, he may also, under the same conditions, temporarily entrust the latter with the invest…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 55

…is forbidden, on pain of the fine laid down for fourth-class offences, for any unauthorised person to alter the state of the premises or take any samples whatsoever before the first operations of the…

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