French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Term bonds
Article 1305-5
A debtor's forfeiture of the term of payment may not be enforced against his co-debtors, even joint and several, and his guarantors.
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A debtor's forfeiture of the term of payment may not be enforced against his co-debtors, even joint and several, and his guarantors.
A debtor who has taken unreserved note of the assignment of the claim may not set up against the assignee the set-off that he could have set up against the assignor.
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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…
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Before the suspensive condition is fulfilled, the debtor must refrain from any act that would prevent the proper performance of the obligation; the creditor may perform any conservatory act and attack…
Where a change to the matrimonial property regime occurs by application of a foreign law governing the effects of the union, the spouses shall carry out the publicity formalities provided for in the C…
Judicial settlement or liquidation of assets does not automatically result in termination of the property development contract. Any stipulation to the contrary shall be deemed unwritten.
Any clause in a contract whose purpose is either to exclude or limit the liability provided for in articles 1792, 1792-1 and 1792-2, or to exclude the guarantees provided for in articles 1792-3 and 17…
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