French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Deposits in general and their various types.
Article 1916
There are two kinds of deposit: deposit proper and sequestration.
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There are two kinds of deposit: deposit proper and sequestration.
Its object can only be movable things.
It is perfected only by the real or fictitious surrender of the thing deposited.Fictitious surrender is sufficient when the depositary is already endowed, on some other basis, with the thing agreed to…
The deposit itself is an essentially free contract.
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