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Showing 301–310 of 61039 articles for “Art. L. 511-1”
Where a bill of exchange is stipulated to be payable in a currency which is not current at the place of payment, the amount may be paid in the currency of the country, according to its value on the da…
The clerk of the commercial court shall regularly update, on the basis of denunciations made to him by notaries and bailiffs, a statement by name and by debtor of protests for non-payment of accepted…
The replacement is settled, for continental France, uniformly as follows: 0.25% on the chief towns of departments, 0.50% on the chief towns of arrondissements, 0.75% on any other place. In no case sha…
Spare cannot be accumulated. Each endorser carries only one as well as the shooter.
Payment by intervention may take place in all cases where, either on the due date or before the due date, recourse is open to the bearer. Payment must include all the sum that would have to be paid by…
The payer by intervention acquires the rights resulting from the bill of exchange against the person for whom he has paid and against those who are bound vis-à-vis the latter by virtue of the bill of…
The bearer of a bill of exchange cannot be compelled to receive payment before maturity. The drawee who pays before maturity does so at his own risk. He who pays on maturity is validly discharged, unl…
Independently of the formalities prescribed for the exercise of the action in warranty, the bearer of a bill of exchange protested for lack of payment may, by obtaining the permission of the judge, se…
The bearer must give notice of non-acceptance or non-payment to his endorser within four working days following the day of the protest or the day of presentation in the case of a no-cost return clause…
…stops. It may be endorsed and guaranteed in the same manner and with the same effects as the original.
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