French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The conditional obligation
Article 1304-1
The condition must be lawful. Failing this, the obligation is void.
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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.
Any person who mistakenly or knowingly receives something that is not due to him must return it to the person from whom he received it unduly.
Subject to the provisions of the following sub-section, set-off occurs only between two obligations which are fungible, certain, liquid and due.Obligations for sums of money, even in different currenc…
Enrichment is unjustified where it arises neither from the fulfilment of an obligation by the impoverished person nor from his liberal intention.
If the creditor expressly consents, the original debtor is discharged for the future. Failing this, and unless otherwise agreed, they are jointly and severally liable for payment of the debt.
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.
He who has received in bad faith owes the interest, the fruits he has received or the value of the enjoyment from the date of payment. One who has received in good faith owes them only from the day of…
Compensation is without prejudice to rights acquired by third parties.
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