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Showing 101110 of 5744 articles for Art. n° 13-12.592

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1388

The spouses may not derogate from the duties or rights resulting for them from the marriage, or from the rules of parental authority, legal administration and guardianship.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Joint and several liability

Article 1314

A claim for interest made against one of the joint and several debtors shall give rise to interest on all of them.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Assignment of receivables

Article 1322

The assignment of a claim must be recorded in writing, failing which it will be null and void.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Delegation

Article 1339

Where the delegating party is a creditor of the delegatee, its claim is extinguished only by the performance of the delegatee's obligation to the delegatee and in due proportion.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Deeds under private signature

Article 1375

A deed under private signature evidencing a synallagmatic contract is only evidence if it has been drawn up in as many originals as there are parties with a distinct interest, unless the parties have…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Deeds under private signature

Article 1376

A private deed in which one party undertakes to pay another a sum of money or to deliver a fungible good is only evidence if it includes the signature of the party making the undertaking and a stateme…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The cumulative obligation

Article 1306

The obligation is cumulative when it covers several services and only the performance of all of them discharges the debtor.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Joint and several liability

Article 1311

Solidarity between creditors enables each of them to demand and receive payment of the entire claim. Payment made to one of them, who owes an account to the others, discharges the debtor in respect of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Actions available to the creditor

Article 1341

The creditor is entitled to the performance of the obligation; he may compel the debtor to do so under the conditions laid down by law.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 1354

The presumption which the law attaches to certain acts or facts by holding them to be certain exempts the person in whose favour it exists from proving it. It is said to be simple, when the law reserv…

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