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Article 2227 of the French Civil Code

The right of ownership is imprescriptible. Subject to this reservation, actions in rem in immovable property are prescribed by thirty years from the day on which the holder of a right knew or should have known the facts enabling him to exercise it.

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Article 2227

Le droit de propriété est imprescriptible. Sous cette réserve, les actions réelles immobilières se prescrivent par trente ans à compter du jour où le titulaire d’un droit a connu ou aurait dû connaître les faits lui permettant de l’exercer.

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