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Article 666 of the French Civil Code

Any fence which separates hereditaments is deemed to be joint, unless there is only one of the hereditaments in a state of enclosure, or if there is a title, prescription or mark to the contrary.

For ditches, there is a mark of non-jointness when the levee or discharge of land is on one side only of the ditch.

The ditch is deemed to belong exclusively to the person on whose side the discharge lies.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article 666

Toute clôture qui sépare des héritages est réputée mitoyenne, à moins qu’il n’y ait qu’un seul des héritages en état de clôture, ou s’il n’y a titre, prescription ou marque contraire.

Pour les fossés, il y a marque de non-mitoyenneté lorsque la levée ou le rejet de la terre se trouve d’un côté seulement du fossé.

Le fossé est censé appartenir exclusivement à celui du côté duquel le rejet se trouve.

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