French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: The nature and form of the sale.
Article 1591
The sale price must be determined and designated by the parties.
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The sale price must be determined and designated by the parties.
Judges, their deputies, magistrates acting as public prosecutors, court clerks, bailiffs, lawyers, unofficial defenders and notaries, may not become assignees of litigious suits, rights and actions wh…
The sale of someone else's thing is void: it may give rise to damages where the buyer was unaware that the thing belonged to someone else.
The costs of deeds and other accessories to the sale are payable by the buyer.
Anyone not prohibited by law may buy or sell.
Cannot make themselves purchasers, on pain of nullity, either by themselves or by interposed persons: Guardians, of the property of those of whom they have guardianship; Agents, of the property they a…
Anything in commerce may be sold where particular laws have not prohibited its alienation.
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There shall be levied for the benefit of the départements an additional tax on registration duties or land registration tax payable on transfers for valuable consideration: 1° of immovable property or…
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