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Showing 111120 of 21162 articles for Art. n° 12-20.103 + Cass. 3e civ.

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to minors and adults.

Article 1253

The property inventory operations provided for in article 503 of the Civil Code are carried out in the presence of the protected person, if their state of health or age allows, their lawyer, if applic…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: General system of acquits-à-caution.

Article 120

1. Goods transported in bond or placed under a customs procedure suspending duties, taxes or prohibitions must be covered by an acquit-à-caution.2. The acquit-à-caution shall include, in addition to t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Judicial separation of property.

Article 1294

The judgment pronouncing the separation is published in a newspaper circulated within the jurisdiction of the court that handed it down. The operative part of the judgment is notified to the civil reg…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 122

The examining magistrate may, depending on the case, issue a warrant for search, appearance, bringing in or arrest. The liberty and custody judge may issue a committal order. A search warrant may be i…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter X: Legal protection of minors and adults

Article 1259

The restoration of the protected person's personal faculties is established by a medical certificate no more than two months old, issued by a doctor chosen from the list mentioned in article 431 of th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
General definition of taxable income

Article 12

The tax is due each year on the basis of the profits or income that the taxpayer makes or has at his disposal during the same year.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Income from receivables, deposits and guarantees

Article 124

Sont considérés comme revenus au sens du présent article, lorsqu'ils ne figurent pas dans les recettes provenant de l'exercice d'une profession industrielle, commerciale, artisanale ou agricole, ou d'…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Dismissal.

Article 122

A plea of inadmissibility is any ground which tends to have the opponent declared inadmissible in his claim, without examination of the merits, for lack of right to act, such as lack of standing, lack…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 129

The conciliation shall be attempted, unless specifically provided otherwise, at the place and time that the judge considers favourable and in accordance with the terms that he or she shall determine.T…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Dismissal.

Article 124

The pleas of inadmissibility must be upheld without the person invoking them having to justify a grievance and even if the inadmissibility does not result from any express provision.

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