French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The existence of consent
Article 1129
In accordance with article 414-1, you must be of sound mind to validly consent to a contract.
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In accordance with article 414-1, you must be of sound mind to validly consent to a contract.
Any natural person may contract except in the case of incapacity provided for by law.The capacity of legal persons is limited by the rules applicable to each of them.
Where the representative acts within the limits of his powers in the name and on behalf of the principal, the latter alone is bound by the undertaking thus contracted. Where the representative declare…
Contracts, whether or not they have a proper name, are subject to general rules, which are the subject of this subtitle. The rules particular to certain contracts are set out in the provisions specifi…
A preference pact is a contract by which a party undertakes to offer its beneficiary priority to deal with it in the event that it decides to enter into a contract. When a contract is entered into wit…
Error, fraud and violence vitiate consent when they are of such a nature that, without them, one of the parties would not have contracted or would have contracted on substantially different terms. The…
An error resulting from fraud is always excusable; it is a cause of nullity even if it relates to the value of the service or to a simple reason in the contract.
Violence also exists when a party, abusing the state of dependence in which his co-contractor finds himself towards him, obtains from him a commitment which he would not have entered into in the absen…
The following are incapable of contracting, to the extent defined by law: 1° Unemancipated minors; 2° Protected adults within the meaning of article 425.
The limitation period for the action runs: 1° In respect of acts performed by a minor, from the day of majority or emancipation; 2° In respect of acts performed by a protected adult of full age, from…
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