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Showing 301–310 of 57098 articles for “Art. Cass. 3e civ. 23-1-2013 n° 11-20.313”
Where the representative's power is defined in general terms, it covers only conservatory and administrative acts. Where the power is specially determined, the representative may only perform the acts…
The establishment of legal or judicial representation divests the principal, for its duration, of the powers transferred to the representative. Conventional representation leaves the principal to exer…
The framework contract is an agreement by which the parties agree on the general characteristics of their future contractual relationship. Implementing contracts specify the terms and conditions of th…
A contract is an agreement between two or more persons to create, modify, transfer or extinguish obligations.
The contract is commutative when each of the parties undertakes to procure for the other a benefit which is regarded as equivalent to that which he receives. It is random when the parties agree to mak…
An OTC contract is one in which the stipulations are negotiable between the parties.An adhesion contract is one that includes a set of non-negotiable clauses, determined in advance by one of the parti…
Obligations arise from juridical acts, juridical facts or the sole authority of the law.They may arise from the voluntary performance or promise of performance of a conscientious duty towards others.
Contracts must be negotiated, formed and performed in good faith. This provision is of public order.
The legal, judicial or contractual representative is authorised to act only within the limits of the powers conferred on him.
A third party who is in doubt as to the extent of the contractual representative's authority in connection with an act which he is about to enter into may request the principal in writing to confirm,…
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