French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Commitments of the borrower.
Article 1885
The borrower cannot retain the thing by way of set-off against what the lender owes him.
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The borrower cannot retain the thing by way of set-off against what the lender owes him.
If the thing deteriorates by the mere effect of the use for which it was borrowed, and without any fault on the part of the borrower, he shall not be liable for the deterioration.
If the borrower uses the thing for another purpose, or for a longer time than he ought, he shall be liable for the loss that has occurred, even by fortuitous event.
The borrower is obliged to take reasonable care of the custody and preservation of the thing lent. He may only use it for the purpose determined by its nature or by the agreement; all on pain of damag…
If the thing has been valued by lending it, the loss which occurs, even by fortuitous event, is for the borrower, if there is no agreement to the contrary.
This herd ends with the sharecropping lease.
If the entire herd perishes through no fault of the tenant farmer, the loss shall be for the lessor.
It may be stipulated that the tenant farmer shall relinquish to the lessor his share of the fleece at a price lower than the ordinary value;That the lessor shall have a larger share of the profit;That…
It is, moreover, subject to all the rules for single livestock.
1. Infringements of the law of 16 March 1915, amended by that of 17 July 1922 relating to the prohibition of the manufacture, wholesale and retail sale and circulation of absinthe and similar liqueurs…
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