French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Commitments of the borrower.
Article 1902
The borrower is obliged to return the things lent, in the same quantity and quality, and at the agreed term.
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The borrower is obliged to return the things lent, in the same quantity and quality, and at the agreed term.
The deposit itself is an essentially free contract.
The unfaithful depositary is not admitted to the benefit of assignment.
When it is free of charge, it is subject to the rules for filing proper, except for the differences set out below.
The agent cannot do anything beyond what is carried in his mandate: the power to compromise does not contain the power to compromise.
An unemancipated minor may be chosen as a mandatary; but the principal will have action against him only according to the general rules relating to the obligations of minors.
If he is unable to comply, he is obliged to pay the value having regard to the time and place where the thing was to be returned according to the agreement. If that time and place have not been settle…
The capital of the annuity constituted in perpetuity also becomes payable in the event of the bankruptcy or insolvency of the debtor.
Filing is voluntary or required.
Voluntary deposit may regularly be made only by the owner of the thing deposited, or with his express or tacit consent.
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