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Showing 41–50 of 29131 articles for “Art. 19 mai 2004”
Interest is legal or conventional. Legal interest is fixed by law. Conventional interest may exceed that of the law, whenever the law does not prohibit it. The rate of conventional interest must be fi…
…n chambers, which may only be appealed to the Supreme Court at the same time as the judgment on the main application. In matters of pre-trial detention, and by derogation from the provisions of the fi…
…t to the forms required for gifts; except for the cases of reduction and nullity set out in Article 1970. When the annuity is set up by one or both spouses and is stipulated to be reversible in favour…
If the spouses or one of them has died without discovering the fraud, the criminal action may be brought by all those who have an interest in having the marriage declared valid, and by the public pros…
The debtor of an annuity constituted in perpetuity may be forced to surrender: 1° If he ceases to fulfil his obligations for two years; 2° If he fails to provide the lender with the security promised…
The person who made the deposit is obliged to reimburse the depositary for the expenses he has incurred for the preservation of the thing deposited, and to indemnify him for all losses which the depos…
The principal is bound to perform the commitments entered into by the agent, in accordance with the authority given to him. He is only bound by what may have been done beyond that, insofar as he has r…
No one may claim the title of spouse and the civil effects of marriage unless he or she represents an act of celebration recorded in the civil status register; except in the cases provided for in Arti…
The mandatary is bound to perform the mandate for as long as he remains in charge of it, and is liable for any damages that may result from his non-performance. He is likewise bound to complete the th…
The court may order the sequestration: 1° Of movables seized from a debtor; 2° Of an immovable or movable thing, the ownership or possession of which is in dispute between two or more persons; 3° Of t…
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