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Article 595 of the French Civil Code

The usufructuary may enjoy by himself, lease to another, even sell or transfer his right free of charge. Leases which the usufructuary alone has made for a period which exceeds nine years are, in the event of cessation of the usufruct, obligatory with regard to the bare owner only for the time which remains to run, either of the first nine-year period, if the parties are still in it, or…

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Article 598 of the French Civil Code

He shall also enjoy, in the same manner as the owner, mines and quarries which are in operation at the opening of the usufruct; and nevertheless, if it is a question of an operation which cannot be made without a concession, the usufructuary may not enjoy them until he has obtained the permission of the President of the Republic. He has no right to mines and quarries not yet opened,…

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Article 599 of the French Civil Code

The owner may not, by his act, or in any manner whatsoever, prejudice the rights of the usufructuary. For his part, the usufructuary may not, on the cessation of the usufruct, claim any compensation for any improvements he may claim to have made, even though the value of the thing was increased thereby. He may, however, or his heirs, remove any mirrors, pictures or other ornaments that he may have…

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Article 600 of the French Civil Code

The usufructuary takes the things in the state in which they are, but he may not enter into enjoyment until he has caused to be drawn up, in the presence of the owner, or him duly summoned, an inventory of the movables and a statement of the immovables subject to the usufruct.

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Article 601 of the French Civil Code

He gives security for reasonable enjoyment, if he is not exempted from this by the deed constituting the usufruct; however, as the father and mother have the legal usufruct of their children’s property, the vendor or donor, subject to usufruct, is not required to give security. .

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Article 602 of the French Civil Code

If the usufructuary does not find a surety, the buildings are farmed or sequestered; The sums included in the usufruct are invested; The commodities are sold and the price from them is similarly invested; The interest on these sums and the farm prices belong, in this case, to the usufructuary.

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Article 603 of the French Civil Code

In the absence of a surety from the usufructuary, the owner may require that the furniture which withers through use be sold, for the price of it to be placed like that of commodities; and then the usufructuary enjoys the interest during his usufruct : however, the usufructuary may request, and the judges may order, according to the circumstances, that a part of the furniture necessary for his use be…

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