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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Warranty in the event of eviction.

Article 1630

Where the guarantee has been promised, or where nothing has been stipulated on the subject, if the purchaser is evicted, he is entitled to claim against the seller: 1° The restitution of the price; 2°…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Warranty in the event of eviction.

Article 1635

If the seller had sold someone else's land in bad faith, he will be obliged to reimburse the purchaser for any expenses, even voluptuary or pleasure expenses, that the purchaser has incurred on the la…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Warranty of defects in the goods sold.

Article 1648

…t by the purchaser within two years of discovery of the defect. In the case provided for by Article 1642-1, the action must be brought, on pain of foreclosure, within one year of the date on which the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Obligations of the purchaser.

Article 1654

If the buyer fails to pay the price, the seller may request that the sale be rescinded.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Obligations of the purchaser.

Article 1657

In the case of the sale of goods and chattels, the sale shall be rescinded ipso jure and without summons, in favour of the seller, after expiry of the term agreed for withdrawal.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Redemption option.

Article 1659

…sold, in return for the return of the principal price and the reimbursement referred to in article 1673.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Redemption option.

Article 1665

The purchaser with a pact of redemption exercises all the rights of his seller; he may prescribe both against the true master and against those who claim rights or mortgages on the thing sold.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Rescission of the sale on the ground of lesion.

Article 1684

It does not take place in all sales which, by law, can only be made by judicial authority.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Delivery.

Article 1619

In all other cases, Either the sale is made of a certain and limited body, Or it has as its object distinct and separate land, Or it begins with the measure, or with the designation of the object sold…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Delivery.

Article 1621

In all cases where the purchaser has the right to withdraw from the contract, the seller is obliged to return to him, in addition to the price, if he has received it, the costs of that contract.

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