French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Conventional sequestration.
Article 1957
Escrow may not be free.
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Escrow may not be free.
In no case may the loser repeat what he has voluntarily paid, unless there has been fraud, deceit or swindle on the part of the winner.
A mandate or power of attorney is an act by which one person gives another the power to do something for and on behalf of the principal. The contract is formed only by the acceptance of the agent.
The mandate is free of charge if there is no agreement to the contrary.
The mandate conceived in general terms embraces only acts of administration. If it involves alienation or hypothecation, or some other act of ownership, the mandate must be express.
The mandatary is liable not only for fraud, but also for the faults he commits in his management. Nevertheless, liability for faults is applied less rigorously to one whose mandate is gratuitous than…
This annuity can be set up in two ways, as a perpetual or life annuity.
Its object can only be movable things.
The depositary must take the same care in the custody of the thing deposited as he takes in the custody of the things belonging to him.
Judicial sequestration is given either to a person agreed between the interested parties or to a person appointed ex officio by the judge. In either case, the person to whom the thing has been entrust…
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