French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.
Article 2229
It is acquired when the last day of the term is completed.
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It is acquired when the last day of the term is completed.
Unless waived, the statute of limitations may be asserted in any case, even before the Court of Appeal.
Whoever has obligated himself personally, is bound to fulfil his commitment on all his movable and immovable property, present and future.
The interruption resulting from the court application produces its effects until the proceedings are extinguished.
The provisions of this Book shall not prevent the application of the rules laid down in the event of the opening of safeguard, legal redress or legal liquidation proceedings or in the event of the ope…
Extinctive prescription is a method of extinguishing a right resulting from the inaction of its holder for a certain period of time.
A person who is unable to exercise his rights himself cannot waive the acquired prescription on his own.
When the law subordinates the exercise of a right to the provision of security, it is said to be legal. Where the law confers on the judge the power to make the satisfaction of a claim subject to the…
Interruption wipes out the acquired limitation period. It starts a new period of the same duration as the old one.
A payment made to extinguish a debt cannot be repeated solely on the grounds that the limitation period had expired.
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