French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions
Article 1342-8
Payment can be proven by any means.
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Payment can be proven by any means.
A payment made in good faith to an apparent creditor is valid.
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…
The surety may set off what the creditor owes to the principal debtor. A joint and several debtor may rely on set-off of what the creditor owes to one of his co-obligors to have the latter's divided s…
The debtor of an obligation to deliver a certain body is discharged by its delivery to the creditor in the same condition, unless he proves, in the case of deterioration, that the deterioration is not…
Claims that cannot be seized and obligations to return a deposit, a loan for use or a thing of which the owner has been unjustly deprived are only compensable if the creditor consents.
Failing any other designation by law, contract or judge, payment must be made at the debtor's domicile.
Compensation is without prejudice to rights acquired by third parties.
The creditor may refuse a partial payment even if the benefit is divisible.He may agree to receive in payment something other than what is due..
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