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Article 815-5 of the French Civil Code

An undivided co-owner may be authorised by a court to carry out alone an act for which the consent of a co-undivided co-owner would be required, if the latter’s refusal jeopardises the common interest.

The judge may not, at the request of a bare owner, order the sale of the full ownership of a property encumbered by usufruct against the will of the usufructuary.

A deed executed under the conditions set by the judicial authorisation may be set up against the undivided co-owner whose consent was lacking.

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Article 815-5

Un indivisaire peut être autorisé par justice à passer seul un acte pour lequel le consentement d’un coïndivisaire serait nécessaire, si le refus de celui-ci met en péril l’intérêt commun.

Le juge ne peut, à la demande d’un nu-propriétaire, ordonner la vente de la pleine propriété d’un bien grevé d’usufruit contre la volonté de l’usufruitier.

L’acte passé dans les conditions fixées par l’autorisation de justice est opposable à l’indivisaire dont le consentement a fait défaut.

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