French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Introductory provisions
Article 1103
Legally formed contracts take the place of law for those who have made them.
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Legally formed contracts take the place of law for those who have made them.
A contract is onerous when each of the parties receives a benefit from the other in return for that which he provides. It is gratuitous when one of the parties provides the other with a benefit withou…
A contract is an agreement between two or more persons to create, modify, transfer or extinguish obligations.
…e when each of the parties undertakes to procure for the other a benefit which is regarded as equivalent to that which he receives. It is random when the parties agree to make the effects of the contr…
Obligations arise from juridical acts, juridical facts or the sole authority of the law.They may arise from the voluntary performance or promise of performance of a conscientious duty towards others.
Everyone is free to contract or not to contract, to choose their co-contractor and to determine the content and form of the contract within the limits set by law. Freedom of contract does not permit d…
A contract is consensual when it is formed by the mere exchange of consents whatever the mode of expression. A contract is solemn when its validity is subject to forms determined by law. A contract is…
The costs of proceedings for revision of criminal and correctional trials, made after the admissibility judgment, are advanced by the Treasury. If the final revision judgment or ruling pronounces a co…
The time limit for appealing to the Court of Cassation is fifteen days from the delivery of the decision homologating the spouses' agreement and pronouncing the divorce.
Decisions by the family court judge may be appealed, with the exception of those granting a divorce. The time limit for appeal is fifteen days; it runs from the date of the decision.
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