Sentences with phrase «civil code»

A civil code is a set of laws that govern various aspects of people's lives, like their interactions with others, contracts, property ownership, and family matters. It provides guidelines for how individuals should behave in society and helps ensure fairness and order. Full definition
This is because Civil Code systems tend to be more rigid.
You can bypass the finding tools and dive directly into the full - text sources of foreign civil codes.
The foremost obstacle to be tackled is to implement the uniform civil code.
As regards limitation periods relating to claims for defects made under the warranty provisions of the Polish Civil Code, see questions 22 and 29.
Under California Civil Code of Procedure 335.1, you have 2 - years from the date of the accident file a claim.
The appellate court affirmed the appeal of the postjudgment appeals ruling, finding the trial judge properly found the «gist» of the complaint / cross-claims were to enforce provisions of the governing documents on equitable theories such that plaintiff prevailed and was entitled to fees under Civil Code section 1354 (c).
Indeed, the Quebec Civil Code of Procedure states that:
The key section of the Quebec Civil Code in regards to civil liability (responsabilité civile) is at § 1457:
If your project involves a search for civil codes for multiple jurisdictions, the vLex subscription database covers over 13 countries and is a good source.
Did not Jacques Derrida, the master of postmodern deconstructionism, propose in an interview with the French newspaper Le Monde, shortly before his death in 2004, the elimination of the word «marriage» from the French civil code so as to resolve the issue of the juridical status of homosexual couples?
This day will be replaced by the next working day (German Civil Code BGB § 193) and as such you will not receive credit for the Sunday because the Sunday lies outside the period covered by the bond.
With regard to civil transactions, Article 473 of the UAE Civil Code provides that «A right shall not expire by the passage of time but no claim shall be heard if denied after the lapse of fifteen years without lawful excuse, but having regard to any provisions relating thereto.»
As an example, the California Civil Code requires a real estate licensee to conduct a visual inspection of residential real property and disclose any observable problems.
The application was refused on the ground that the Swiss Civil Code did not provide for joint adoption by cohabiting partners.
The Organization of American States» Department of International Law Family and Child Law Network has OAS member state civil codes as well as separate family codes.
The Natural Hazards Disclosure Act under Sec. 1103 of the California Civil Code states that real estate seller and brokers are legally required to disclose if the property being sold lies within one or more state or locally mapped hazard areas.
On the third point, the majority distinguished between the parties» contract, entered in the context of a corporate and commercial partnership, and an employment contract, noting that the Quebec Civil Code makes it possible to terminate an employment contract because the imposition of perpetual obligations would be contrary to public order.
That is a powerful incentive for background screening firms to be accurate in reporting criminal records (CA Civil Code Section 1786.50).
Elements were also derived from the Napoleonic Code and from Edward Livingston's Louisiana Civil Code of 1825.
In the UAE there are just three ways to legally terminate a contract, as provided for in Article 267 of the UAE Civil Code which states that «if a contract is valid and binding, it shall not be permissible for either of the contracting parties to resile from it, or vary or cancel it, save by mutual consent, or an order of the court, or under a provision of the law».
A prevailing alter ego defendant was awarded $ 134,469.36 out of a requested $ 353,047.50 in attorney's fees based on Civil Code section 1717 and the Reynolds case [one of our Leading Cases], but was denied recovery of fees for successfully defending on a fraud claim in a multi-phased trial.
It served as the framework for the project (bill) which eventually became the new Civil Code of Québec, adopted in 1991 and came into force on 1 January 1994.
It is on that basis that the Muslim authorities guarding their family laws opposed the judgment of the Supreme Court in the Shabano case and continues to oppose the idea of a Uniform Civil Code which will entail modification of their religiously sanctioned Shariat Law.
The vicarious liability of parents for a minor child is set forth in Louisiana Civil Code article 2318.
«Inter Milan would like to make it clear that its consolidated financial statements contain comprehensive data and information as required by the Italian Civil Code and legal and regulatory provisions relating to the financial statements of football clubs.»
(J.C.P.C. # 46, 1888) The definitions and understanding of the term «usufruct» come entirely from Civil Code — At the time there was nothing similar in Common Law, so the idea that First Nations rights were a from of «usufruct»... that provided a right of use, but not ownership, was a new, purely Canadian, idea.
92.2 - 92.4), Quebec (see Civil Code of Quebec, SQ 1991, c 64, article 1974.1) and Nova Scotia (see Residential Tenancies Act, RSNS 1989, c 401, section 10F), and that a Bill (which is more encompassing) has been introduced in Ontario (Bill 132, Sexual Violence and Harassment Action Plan Act (Supporting Survivors and Challenging Sexual Violence and Harassment), 2015).
The Japanese Civil Code also contains important provisions that authorize prenuptial agreements.
To determine the validity of a contract in a case like this, the Dutch Civil Code requires a rather odd test.
Divorce Quebec: Québec Civil Code governs Divorce in the province of Quebec.
Help with the interpretation between civil code and common law is available at the Department of Justice's Bijural Terminology Records site.
UEFA is a society entered in the register of companies under the Swiss civil code, and is neutral, politically and religiously.
Article 818 (3) of the Japanese Civil Code provides that, «Parental authority shall be exercised jointly by married parents.»
In Taylor, the Court stated, ``... the act of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated may constitute an act of «malice» under [Civil Code] section 3294 if performed under circumstances which disclose a conscious disregard of the probable dangerous consequences.»
As I mentioned above, you can locate civil codes in translation in different languages by using WIPO Lex.
This is because civil code legal systems are based upon a collection of codified laws set out in statutes which, generally, set out all the essential terms of the contracts which fall within their scope and these statutory terms automatically form part of the contract in the absence of the express agreement of the contracting parties to modify or disapply the terms.
California laws are different for short sale taxation due to CA Civil Code 580e and mortgage letters issued by the IRS and on behalf of the Franchise Tax Board.
The Landesa Center for Women's Land Rights» LandWise database seems to have the same civil codes as WIPO Lex, so you can check there as well.
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