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Showing 711–720 of 6075 articles for “Art. 13 mars 2012”
The choice between the performances belongs to the debtor.If the choice is not exercised within the agreed time or within a reasonable period, the other party may, after formal notice, exercise that c…
When the performances become impossible, the debtor is discharged only if the impossibility arises, for each of them, from a case of force majeure.
Where the failure of the debtor to exercise his rights and actions of a proprietary nature compromises the rights of his creditor, the latter may exercise them on behalf of his debtor, with the except…
A payment made in good faith to an apparent creditor is valid.
The debtor may invoke subrogation as soon as he is aware of it, but it may not be set up against him unless he has been notified of it or has taken note of it.Subrogation may be set up against third p…
If the manager's action does not meet the conditions of business management but nevertheless benefits the master of that business, the master must indemnify the manager according to the rules of unjus…
The condition must be lawful. Failing this, the obligation is void.
Payment must be made to the creditor or to the person designated to receive it.Payment made to a person who was not entitled to receive it is nevertheless valid if the creditor ratifies it or if he ha…
Mandatory notice to deliver a thing places the risks on the debtor, if they are not already there.
The party who has deferred or referred the oath may no longer retract it when the other party has declared that he is prepared to take that oath.When the deferred or referred oath has been taken, the…
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