French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Delivery.
Article 1614
The thing must be delivered in the state it is in at the time of the sale. Since that day, all the fruits belong to the purchaser.
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The thing must be delivered in the state it is in at the time of the sale. Since that day, all the fruits belong to the purchaser.
Although it is said that the seller will not be subject to any guarantee, he nevertheless remains liable for that which results from an event which is personal to him: any agreement to the contrary is…
If the seller was unaware of the defects in the thing, he will only be liable to make restitution of the price, and to reimburse the purchaser for the costs occasioned by the sale.
If there are differing opinions, the minutes will contain the reasons for them, without it being permitted to state which opinion each expert was of.
The seller is obliged to explain clearly what he is obliging himself to. Any obscure or ambiguous agreement is construed against the seller.
In the case of articles 1641 and 1643, the buyer has the choice of returning the thing and having the price returned, or keeping the thing and having part of the price returned.
If, before the assignor or assignee had served the conveyance on the debtor, the latter had paid the assignor, he shall be validly discharged.
The buyer owes interest on the sale price until payment of the principal, in the following three cases: If it was so agreed at the time of the sale; If the thing sold and delivered produces fruit or o…
To determine whether there is lesion of more than seven twelfths, the property must be valued according to its condition and value at the time of the sale. In the case of a unilateral promise to sell,…
The tradition of intangible rights takes place, either by the delivery of the titles, or by the use that the acquirer makes of them with the consent of the seller.
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