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'''Mort pour la France''' is a term used in the French legal system for people who died during a conflict, usually in service of the country.
'''Mort pour la France''' is a legal expression in France and an honor awarded to people who died during a conflict, usually in service of the country.
[[Image:Montaigut-le-Blanc plaque cimetiere 0707.jpg|200 px|thumb|[[Montaigut-le-Blanc, Puy-de-Dôme|Montaigut-le-Blanc]] cemetery, tribute to the soldiers killed during the First World War ([[Puy-de-Dôme]], France).]]
[[Image:Montaigut-le-Blanc plaque cimetiere 0707.jpg|200 px|thumb|[[Montaigut-le-Blanc, Puy-de-Dôme|Montaigut-le-Blanc]] cemetery, tribute to the soldiers killed during the First World War ([[Puy-de-Dôme]], France).]]


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The term is defined in L.488 to L.492 (bis) of the ''Code des pensions militaires d'invalidité et des victimes de guerre''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.codes-et-lois.fr/code-des-pensions-militaires-d-invalidite-et-des-victimes-de-la-guerre/toc-etat-civil-sepultures-mention-mort-pour-france-af038cc-texte-integral |title=Code des pensions militaires d'invalidité et des victimes de la guerre - Chapitre Ier : Mention "Mort pour la France" |publisher=Codes-et-lois.fr |date= |accessdate=2014-05-02}}</ref> It encompasses members of the [[French Armed Forces|French military]] forces who died in action or from an injury or an illness contracted during the service during the [[World War I|First]] and [[World War II|Second World War]]s, the [[First Indochina War|Indochina]] and [[Algeria War]]s, and fighting in [[Morocco]] and the [[Tunisian War of Independence]], and to French civil casualties killed during these conflicts.
The term is defined in L.488 to L.492 (bis) of the ''Code des pensions militaires d'invalidité et des victimes de guerre''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.codes-et-lois.fr/code-des-pensions-militaires-d-invalidite-et-des-victimes-de-la-guerre/toc-etat-civil-sepultures-mention-mort-pour-france-af038cc-texte-integral |title=Code des pensions militaires d'invalidité et des victimes de la guerre - Chapitre Ier : Mention "Mort pour la France" |publisher=Codes-et-lois.fr |date= |accessdate=2014-05-02}}</ref> It encompasses members of the [[French Armed Forces|French military]] forces who died in action or from an injury or an illness contracted during the service during the [[World War I|First]] and [[World War II|Second World War]]s, the [[First Indochina War|Indochina]] and [[Algeria War]]s, and fighting in [[Morocco]] and the [[Tunisian War of Independence]], and to French civil casualties killed during these conflicts.

== Administration ==

Usage of the term is restricted under French law, and is administered and awarded by the [[National Office for Veterans and Victims of War]].


== Copyright ==
== Copyright ==
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of French villages destroyed in World War I]]
* [[List of French villages destroyed in World War I]]
* [[National Office for Veterans and Victims of War]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 21:08, 8 April 2019

Mort pour la France is a legal expression in France and an honor awarded to people who died during a conflict, usually in service of the country.

Montaigut-le-Blanc cemetery, tribute to the soldiers killed during the First World War (Puy-de-Dôme, France).

Definition

The term is defined in L.488 to L.492 (bis) of the Code des pensions militaires d'invalidité et des victimes de guerre.[1] It encompasses members of the French military forces who died in action or from an injury or an illness contracted during the service during the First and Second World Wars, the Indochina and Algeria Wars, and fighting in Morocco and the Tunisian War of Independence, and to French civil casualties killed during these conflicts.

Administration

Usage of the term is restricted under French law, and is administered and awarded by the National Office for Veterans and Victims of War.

French copyright law gives a special 30 years extension of copyright to creative artists declared "Mort pour la France" over the usual 70 years post mortem (article L. 123-10).[2][3][4][5]

Writers

List of writers officially declared "Mort pour la France".

Composers

List of composers officially declared "Mort pour la France".

See also

References

  1. ^ "Code des pensions militaires d'invalidité et des victimes de la guerre - Chapitre Ier : Mention "Mort pour la France"". Codes-et-lois.fr. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  2. ^ "Code de la Propriété Intellectuelle (Livre I - Titre II)". Celog.fr. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  3. ^ http://www.communia-association.org/2012/12/27/the-little-prince-and-the-public-domain/
  4. ^ Angelopoulos, Christina (13 September 2012). "The Myth of European Term Harmonisation: 27 Public Domains for the 27 Member States". Rochester, NY. SSRN 2145862. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ Rybicka, Katarzyna. "The Little Prince: almost in the Public Domain". Retrieved 9 January 2016.
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