CIVIL
CODE
PRELIMINARY
TITLE
OF THE
PUBLICATION, OPERATION AND APPLICATION OF STATUTES IN GENERAL
(Art. 1
to 6)
BOOK ONE
OF
PERSONS
TITLE
ONE
OF CIVIL
RIGHTS (7 to 16-12)
Chapter
I -
Of the Enjoyment of Civil Rights (7 to 15)
Chapter
II -
Of the Respect of the Human Body (16 to 16-9)
Chapter
III -
Of
the Genetic Study of the Particulars of a Person and of the
Identification of a Person owing to his Genetic Prints (16-10 to
16-13)
TITLE
ONE bis
OF
FRENCH NATIONALITY (17 to 33-2)
Chapter
I -
General Provisions (17 to 17-12)
Chapter
II - Of French Nationality by Birth (18 to 20-5)
Section I -
Of French Persons by Parentage (18 to 18-1)
Section II -
Of French Persons by Birth in France (19 to 19-4)
Section III -
Common Provisions (20 to 20-5)
Chapter
III - Of the Acquisition of French Nationality (21 to 22-3)
Section I - Of the Modes of Acquiring French Nationality (21 to
21-27)
§ 1 -
Of the Acquisition of French Nationality by Reason of Parentage
(21)
§ 2 -
Of the Acquisition of French Nationality by Reason of Marriage
(21-1 to 21-6)
§ 3 -
Of the Acquisition of French Nationality by Reason of Birth and
Residence in France: (21-7 to 21-11)
§ 4 -
Of the Acquisition of French Nationality by Reason of a Declaration
of Nationality (21-12 to
21-14)
§ 5 -
Of the Acquisition of French Nationality by a Decision of the
Government (21-14-1 to 21-25-1)
§ 6 -
Provisions Common to some Modes of Acquiring French Nationality
(21-26 to 21-27)
Section II -
Of the Effects of Acquiring French Nationality (22 to 22-3)
Chapter
IV - Of Loss and Forfeiture of, and of Reinstatement in French
Nationality (23 to 25-1)
Section I -
Of Loss of French Nationality (23 to 23-9)
Section II -
Of Reinstatement in French Nationality (24 to 24-3)
Section III -
Of Forfeiture of French Nationality (25 to 25-1)
Chapter
V - Of Acts related to Acquisition or Loss of French Nationality (26
to 28-1)
Section I -
Of Declarations of Nationality (26 to 26-5)
Section II -
Of Administrative Decisions (27 to 27-3)
Section III -
Of Mentions on the Registers of Civil Registry (28 and 28-1)
Chapter
VI - Of Disputes in Matters of Nationality (29 to 31-3)
Section I -
Of the Jurisdiction of Judicial Courts and the Proceedings therein
(29 to 29-5)
Section II -
Of the
Proof of Nationality before Judicial Courts (30 to 34)
Section III -
Of
Certificates of French Nationality (31 to 31-3)
Chapter
VII - Of
the Effects on French Nationality of Transfers of Sovereignty
relating to Certain Territories (32 to 32-5)
Chapter
VIII -
Special Provisions regarding Overseas Territories (33 to 33-2)
TITLE II
OF
RECORDS OF CIVIL STATUS (34 to 101)
Chapter
I - General
Provisions (34 to 54)
Chapter
II - Of Records of Birth (55 to 62)
Section I - Of
Declarations of Birth (55 to 59)
Section II -
Of Changes of First Names and Name (60 to 61-4)
Section III -
Of Record of Acknowledgement of an Illegitimate Child (62 to
62-1)
Chapter
III -
Of Records of Marriage (63 to 76)
Chapter
IV -
Of Records of Death (77 to 92)
Chapter
V -
Of Records of Civil Status concerning Soldiers and Mariners in some
Special Circumstances (93 to 97)
Chapter
VI -
Of the Civil Status of Persons Born Abroad Who Acquire or Recover
French Nationality (98 to 98-4)
Chapter
VII -
Of
the Rectification of Records of Civil Status (99 to 101)
TITLE
III
OF DOMICILE
(102 to 111)
TITLE IV
OF ABSENTEES
(112 to 143)
Chapter
I - Of Presumption of Absence (112 to 121)
Chapter
II -
Of Declaration of Absence (122 to 143)
TITLE V
OF
MARRIAGE (144 to 228)
Chapter
I -
Of the Qualifications and Conditions Required for Contracting a
Marriage (144 to 164)
Chapter
II -
Of the Formalities Relating to the Celebration of Marriage (165
to 171)
Chapter
III - Of
Formal Objections to Marriage (172 to 179)
Chapter
IV -
Of Applications for the Annulment of a Marriage (180 to 202)
Chapter
V -
Of the Obligations Arising from Marriage (203 to 211)
Chapter
VI -
Of the Respective Rights and Duties of the Spouses (212 to 226)
Chapter
VII -
Of the Dissolution of Marriage (227)
Chapter
VIII -
Of Second Marriages (228)
TITLE
VI
OF
DIVORCE (229 to 310)
Chapter
I - Of Cases for Divorce (229 to 246)
Section I -
Of Divorce by Mutual Consent (230 to 236)
§ 1 - Of Divorce on Joint Petition by the
Spouses (230 to 232)
§ 2 -
Of Divorce Petitioned by one Spouse
and Accepted by the Other (233 to 236)
Section II -
Of Divorce for Breakdown of Community Life (237 to 241)
Section III -
Of Divorce for Fault
(242 to 246)
Chapter
II - Of Divorce Proceedings (247 to 259-3)
Section I - General Provisions
(247 to 250)
Section II -
Of Conciliation (251 to 252-3)
Section III -
Of Interim Orders (253 to 258)
Section IV - Of Evidence (259 to 259-3)
Chapter
III - Of the Consequences of Divorce (260 to 295)
Section I - Of the Date at which Divorce takes Effect (260 to 262-2)
Section II -
Of the Consequences of Divorce for the Spouses (263 to
285-1)
§ 1 - General Provisions (263 to 264-1)
§ 2 -
Of the Consequences Peculiar to the
Various Cases for Divorce (265 to 269)
§ 3 -
Of Compensatory Benefits (270 to
280-1)
§ 4 -
Of the Duty of Support after Divorce
(282 to 285)
§ 5 -
Of Lodging (285-1)
Section III -
Of the Consequences of Divorce for the Children (286
to 295)
Chapter
IV - Of Judicial Separation (296 to 309)
Section I -
Of Cases and Proceedings for Judicial Separation (296 to
298)
Section II -
Of the Consequences of Judicial Separation (299 to 304)
Section III -
Of the End of Judicial Separation (305 to 309)
Chapter
V - Of the Conflict of Laws in Matters of Divorce and Judicial
Separation (310)
TITLE
VII
OF
PARENT AND CHILD (I) (311 to 342-8)
Chapter
I -
Provisions Common to Legitimate and Illegitimate Children (311
to 311-22)
Section I -
Of Presumptions Relating to Parentage (311 to 311-3)
Section II -
Of Actions Relating to Parentage (311-4 to 311-13)
Section III -
Of the Conflict of Laws Relating to Parentage (311-14
to 311-18)
Section IV -
Of Medically Assisted Procreation (311-19 and 311-20)
Section V - Of the Rules of Devolution of Family Name (311-21 and
311-22)
Chapter
II - Of Legitimate Children (312 to 333-6)
Section I -
Of the Presumption of Paternity
(312 to 318-2)
Section II -
Of Proofs of Legitimacy (319 to 328)
Section III -
Of Legitimation (329 to 333-6)
§ 1 -
Of Legitimation by Marriage (331 to
332-1)
§ 2 -
Of Legitimation on the Authority of
the Court (333 to 333-6)
Chapter
III -
Of Illegitimate Children (334 to 342-8)
Section I - Of the Effects of Illegitimacy and of the Modes of
Establishing Illegitimate Kinship in General (334 to 334-10)
Section II -
Of the Acknowledgement of Illegitimate Children (335 to
339)
Section III -
Of Paternity or Maternity Suits (340 to 341-1)
Section IV -
Of the Action for Purpose of Subsidies (342 to 342-8)
TITLE
VIII
OF
ADOPTION (343 to 370-5)
Chapter
I - Of Plenary Adoption (343 to 359)
Section I -
Of the Requisites for Plenary Adoption (343 to 350)
Section II
-
Of the Placing for Purpose of Plenary Adoption and of the Judgment
of Plenary Adoption (351 to 354)
Section III -
Of the Effects of Plenary Adoption (355 to 359)
Chapter
II - Of Ordinary Adoption (360 to 370-2)
Section I -
Of Requisites and Judgment
(360 to 362)
Section II -
Of the Effects of Ordinary Adoption (363 to 370-2)
Chapter
III -
Of the Conflict of Laws relating to Adoption and of the
Effects in France of Adoptions Ordered Abroad (370-3 to 370-5)
TITLE
IX
OF
PARENT AND CHILD (II : OF PARENTAL AUTHORITY) (371
to 387)
Chapter
I - Of Parental Authority with regard to the Person of a Child (371
to 381)
Section I :
Of the Exercise of Parental Authority (372 to 374-2)
§ 1 - General Principles (372 to 373-1)
§ 2 -
Of the Exercise of Parental Authority
by Separated Parents (373-2 to 373-2-5)
§ 3 -
Of the Intervention of the Family
Causes Judge (373-2-6 to 373-2-13)
§ 4 -
Of the Intervention of Third Persons
(373-3 to 374-2)
Section II -
Of Educational Assistance (375 to 375-8)
Section III -
Of the Delegation of Parental Authority (376 to 377-3)
Section IV -
Of the Total or Partial Withdrawal of Parental
Authority (378 to 381)
Chapter
II -
Of Parental Authority with regard to the Property of a Child
(382 to 387)
TITLE X
OF
MINORITY, OF GUARDIANSHIP AND OF EMANCIPATION (388
to 487)
Chapter
I - Of Minority (388 to 388-2)
Chapter
II - Of Guardianship (389 to 475)
Section I - Of the Cases Where either Statutory Administration or
Guardianship Takes Place (389 to 392)
Section II - Of the Organization of a Guardianship (393 to 448)
§ 1 - Of the Judge of Guardianships
(393 to
396)
§ 2 -
Of Guardians (397 to 406)
§ 3 -
Of the Family Council (407 to 416)
§ 4 -
Of the Other Organs of Guardianship
(417 to 426)
§ 5 -
Of
the Duties of a Guardian (427 to
448)
Section III -
Of the Functioning of a Guardianship (449 to 468)
Section IV -
Of the Accounts of Guardianship and of Liabilities
(469 to 475)
Chapter
III - Of Emancipation (476 to 487)
TITLE XI
OF
MAJORITY AND OF ADULTS WHO ARE PROTECTED BY THE LAW (488
to 515)
Chapter
I - General Provisions (488 to 490-3)
Chapter
II -
Of Adults under Judicial Supervision (491 to 491-6)
Chapter
III -
Of Adults in Guardianship (492 to 507)
Chapter
IV - Of Adults in Curatorship (508 to 514)
TITLE
XII
OF CIVIL
COVENANTS OF SOLIDARITY AND OF CONCUBINAGE (515-1
to 515-8)
Chapter
I -
Of Civil Covenants of Solidarity (515-1 to 515-7)
Chapter
II - Of Concubinage (515-8 )
BOOK II
OF PROPERTY AND OF THE
VARIOUS MODIFICATIONS OF OWNERSHIP (516 to 710)
TITLE
ONE
OF THE
VARIOUS KINDS OF PROPERTY (516 to 543)
Chapter
I - Of Immovables (517 to 526)
Chapter
II - Of Movables (527 to 536)
Chapter
III -
Of Property in its Relations with Those Who Own it (537 to
543)
TITLE
II
OF
OWNERSHIP (544 to 577)
Chapter
I - Of the Right of Accession to What is Produced by a Thing (547 to
550)
Chapter
II -
Of the Right of Accession to What Unites or Incorporates Itself
with a Thing (551 to 577)
TITLE
III
OF
USUFRUCT, OF USE AND OF HABITATION (578 to 636)
Chapter
I - Of Usufruct (578 to 624)
Section I -
Of the Rights of a Usufructuary (582 to 599)
Section II -
Of the Obligations of a Usufructuary (600 to 616)
Section III -
Of the Manner in which a Usufruct Comes to an End
(617
to 624)
Chapter
II -
Of Use and of Habitation (625 to 636)
TITLE IV
OF
SERVITUDES OR LAND SERVICES (637 to
710)
Chapter
I -
Of the Servitudes Originating from the Situation of the Premises
(640 to 648)
Chapter
II -
Of the Servitudes Established by Statute (649 to 685-1)
Section I -
Of Party Wall and Common Ditch (653 to 673)
Section II -
Of the Distance and Intermediate Works Required for
Certain Constructions (674)
Section III -
Of
the Views over the Property of One's Neighbour (675 to 680)
Section IV - Of Eaves (681)
Section V -
Of Right of Way (682 to 685-1)
Chapter
III - Of the Servitudes Established by the Act of Man (686 to 710)
Section I -
Of the Various Kinds of Servitudes Which May be
Established over Property (686 to 689)
Section II -
How Servitudes are Established (690 to 696)
Section III -
Of the Rights of the Owner of a Tenement to Which a
Servitude is Due (697 to 702)
Section IV -
How Servitudes are Extinguished (703 to 710)
BOOK III
OF
THE VARIOUS WAYS HOW OWNERSHIP IS ACQUIRED (711
to 2283)
General
Provisions (711 to 717)
TITLE
ONE
OF
SUCCESSIONS (720 to 892)
Chapter
I - Of the Opening of Successions, the Universal Title and the
Vesting of Heirs in Possession (720 to 724-1)
Chapter
II -
Of the Qualifications Required for Inheriting - Of Proof of Heirship (725 to 730-5)
Section I - Of the Qualifications Required for Inheriting (725 to
729-1)
Section II -
Of Proof of Heirship (730 to 730-5)
Chapter
III - Of Heirs (731 to 767)
Section I -
Of the Rights of Relatives in the Absence of a Spouse
Entitled to Inherit (733 to 755)
§ 1 -
Of Orders of Heirs (734 to 740)
§ 2 -
Of Degrees (741 to 745)
§ 3 -
Of Division by Branches, Paternal and
Maternal (746 to 750)
§ 4 -
Of Representation
(751 to 755)
Section II - Of the Rights of a Spouse Entitled to Inherit (756 to
767)
§ 1 -
Of the Nature of the Rights, of their
Amount and Exercise (756 to 758-5)
§ 2 -
Of the Conversion of a Usufruct (759
to 762)
§ 3 -
Of the Temporary Rights to Lodging and
of Rights for Life to Lodging (763 to 766)
§ 4 -
Of the Right to Maintenance
(767)
Chapter
IV -
Of the Rights of the State (768 to 772)
Chapter
V - Of the Acceptance and Repudiation of Successions (774 to 814)
Section I - Of Acceptance (774 to 783)
Section II :
Of the Renunciation of Successions (784 to 792)
Section III -
Of the Benefit of Inventory, of its Effects and of the
Obligations of a Beneficiary Heir (793 to 810)
Section IV -
Of Vacant Successions (811 to 814)
Chapter
VI - Of Partition and of Collations (815 to 892)
Section I - Of Undivided Ownership and of Action for Partition (815
to 842)
Section II -
Of the Collations, Appropriation and Abatement of
Gratuitous Transfers Made to Persons Entitled to Inherit (843 to
869)
Section III -
Of the Payment of Debts (870 to 882)
Section IV -
Of the Effects of Partition and of Warranty of Shares
(883 to 886)
Section V - Of Rescission in Matters of Partition (887 to 892)
TITLE II
OF GIFTS
INTER VIVOS AND OF WILLS (893 to
1100)
Chapter
I - General Provisions (893 to 900-8)
Chapter
II - Of the Capacity to Dispose or to Receive by Inter Vivos Gift or
by Will (901 to 912)
Chapter
III - Of the Disposable Portion of Property and of Abatement (913 to
930)
Section I - Of the Disposable Portion of Property (913 to 919)
Section II -
Of the Abatement of Gifts and Legacies (920 to 930)
Chapter
IV - Of Inter Vivos Gifts (931 to 966)
Section I - Of the Form of Inter Vivos Gifts (931 to 952)
Section II -
Of Exceptions to the Rule of Irrevocability of Inter Vivos Gifts (953 to 966)
Chapter
V - Of Testamentary Dispositions (967 to 1047)
Section I -
Of General Rules on the Form of Wills (967 to 980)
Section II -
Of Particular Rules on the Form of Certain Wills (981
to 1001)
Section III -
Of the Appointments of Heirs and of Legacies in
General (1002)
Section IV -
Of Universal Legacies
(1003 to 1009)
Section V -
Of Legacies by Universal Title (1010 to 1013)
Section VI -
Of Specific Legacies (1014 to 1024)
Section VII -
Of Testamentary Executors (1025 to 1034)
Section VIII -
Of the Revocation of Wills and of their Lapse (1035
to 1047)
Chapter
VI -
Of Dispositions Allowed in Favour of Grandchildren of a Donor
or Testator or of Childrenof his Brothers and Sisters (1048 to 1074)
Chapter
VII -
Of Partitions Made by Ascendants (1075 to 1080)
Section I - Of Partitions Made by Gifts (1076 to 1078-3)
Section II -
Of Partitions Made by Wills (1079 and 1080)
Chapter
VIII -
Of Gifts Made by Ante-nuptial Agreement to Spouses and to
Children to be Born of the Marriage (1081 to 1090)
Chapter IX
-
Of Dispositions between Spouses, either by Ante-nuptial Agreement
or during Marriage (1091 to 1100)
TITLE
III
OF
CONTRACTS AND OF CONVENTIONAL OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL
(1101 to 1369)
Chapter
I - Preliminary Provisions (1101 to 1107)
Chapter
II -
Of the Essential Requisites for the Validity of Agreements
(1108 to 1133)
Section I - Of Consent (1109 to 1122)
Section II -
Of the Capacity of Contracting Parties (1123 to 1125-1)
Section III -
Of the Object and Subject Matter Of Contracts (1126 to
1130)
Section IV - Of Cause (1131 to 1133)
Chapter
III - Of the Effect of Obligations (1134 to 1167)
Section I - General Provisions (1134 and 1135)
Section II -
Of the Obligation to Transfer (1136 to 1141)
Section III -
Of the Obligation to Do or not to Do (1142 to 1145)
Section IV - Of Damages Resulting from the Non-Performance of an
Obligation (1146 to 1155)
Section V -
Of the Interpretation of Agreements (1156 to 1164)
Section VI -Of the Effect of Agreements with Respect to Third
Parties (1165 to 1167)
Chapter
IV - Of the Various Kinds of Obligations (1168 to 1233)
Section I - Of Conditional Obligations (1168 to 1184)
§ 1 -
Of Condition in General and of its
Various Kinds (1168 to 1180)
§ 2 -
Of Condition Precedent (1181 and 1182)
§ 3 -
Of Condition Subsequent (1183 and
1184)
Section II -
Of Obligations with a Term (1185 to 1188)
Section III -
Of Alternative Obligations (1189 to 1196)
Section IV - Of Joint and Several Obligations (1197 to 1216)
§ 1 -
Of Joint and Several Creditors (1197
to 1199)
§ 2 -
Of Joint and Several Debtors (1200 to
1216)
Section V - Of Divisible and Indivisible Obligations (1217 to 1225)
§ 1 -
Of the Effects of Divisible
Obligations (1220 and 1221)
§ 2 -
Of the Effects of Indivisible
Obligations (1222 to 1225)
Section VI -
Of Obligations with Penalty Clauses (1226 to 1233)
Chapter
V - Of the Extinguishment of Obligations (1234 to 1314)
Section I - Of Payment (1235 to 1271)
§ 1 -
Of Payment in General (1235 to 1248)
§ 2 -
Of Payment with Subrogation (1249 to
1252)
§ 3 -
Of Appropriation of Payments (1253 to
1256)
§ 4 -
Of Tenders of Payment and of Deposit
(1257 to 1264)
Section II -
Of Novation (1271 to 1281)
Section III -
Of Remission of Debt (1282 to 1288)
Section IV - Of Set-Off (1289 to 1299)
Section V - Of Merger (1300 and 1301)
Section VI - Of the Loss of a Thing Due (1302 and 1303)
Section VII -
Of the Action for Annulment or Rescission of
Agreements (1304 to 1314)
Chapter
VI - Of the Proof of Obligations and of Payment (1315 to 1369)
Section I - Of Documentary Evidence (1316 to 1340)
§ 1 -
General Provisions (1316 to 1316-4)
§ 2 -
Of Authentic Instruments (1317 to
1321)
§ 3 -
Of Instruments under Private Signature
(1322 to 1332)
§ 4 -
Of Tallies (1333)
§ 5 -
Of Copies of Instruments (1334 to
1336)
§ 6 -
Of Instruments of Recognition and of
Confirmation (1337 to 1340)
Section II -
Of Oral Evidence (1341 to 1348)
Section III -
Of Presumptions (1349 to 1353)
§ 1 -
Of Presumptions Established by Statute
(1350 to 1352)
§ 2 –
Of Presumptions Which are not
Established by Statute (1353)
Section IV -
Of Admissions of a Party (1354 to 1356)
Section V Of Oaths (1357 to 1369)
§ 1 -
Of Decisive Oaths (1358 to 1365)
§ 2 - Of Oaths Tendered by a Judge of his
Own Motion (1366 to 1369)
TITLE IV
OF
UNDERTAKINGS FORMED WITHOUT AN AGREEMENT
(1370 to 1386)
Chapter
I - Of Quasi-Contracts (1371 to 1381)
Chapter
II - Of Intentional and Unintentional Wrongs [Of Torts] (1382 to
1386)
TITLE IV
bis
OF
LIABILITY FOR DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS (1386-1 to 1386-18)
TITLE V
OF
ANTE-NUPTIAL AGREEMENTS AND OF MATRIMONIAL REGIMES (1387 to1581)
Chapter
I - General Provisions (1387 to 1399)
Chapter
II - Of the Regime of Community of Property (1400 to 1535)
Part I -
Of the Statutory Community of Property
(1400 to 1496)
Section I - Of What a Community is Composed as to Assets and
Liabilities (1404 to 1420)
§ 1 -
Of the Assets of the Community (1401
to 1408)
§ 2 -
Of the Liabilities of the Community
(1409 to 1420)
Section II -
Of Administration of the Community and of the Separate
Property (1421 to 1440)
Section III - Of the Dissolution of the Community (1441 to 1497)
§ 1 -
Of the Causes for Dissolution and of
Separation of Property (1441 to 1466)
§ 2 - Of Liquidation and Partition of the
Community (1467 to 1481)
§ 3 -
Of Obligation and of Contribution to
Liabilities after Dissolution (1482 to 1496)
Part II -
Of Conventional Community
(1497 to 1526)
Section I -
Of the Community of Movables and Acquisitions (1498 to
1502)
Section II -
Of the Clause of Joint Administration (1505 to 1510)
Section III -
Of the Clause of Appropriation on Condition of
Indemnity (1511 to 1514)
Section IV -
Of the Appropriation Clause (1515 to 1519)
Section V -
Of the Stipulation of Unequal Shares (1520 to 1525)
Section VI -
Of Universal Community (1526)
Provisions Common to the Two Parts of Chapter II
(1527)
Chapter
III -
Of the Regime of Separate Property (1536 to 1568)
Chapter
IV -
Of the Regime of Separation in Acquisitions (1569 to 1581)
TITLE VI
OF
SALES (1582 to
1701)
Chapter
I -
Of the Nature and Form of Sale (1582 to 1593)
Chapter
II - Of Those Who May Buy and Sell (1594 to 1597)
Chapter
III - Of Things Which May be Sold
(1598 to 1601)
Chapter
III-1 - Of the Sales of Buildings to be Erected (1601-1 to 1601-4)
Chapter
IV -
Of the Obligations of the Seller (1602 to 1649)
Section
I – General Provisions
Section II -
Of Delivery
: (1604 to 1624)
Section III - Of Warranty (1625 to 1649)
§ 1 -
Of Warranty against Dispossession
(1626 to 1640)
§ 2 -
Of Warranty against the Defects of the
Thing Sold (1641 to 1649)
Chapter
V - Of the Obligations of the Buyer (1650 to 1657)
Chapter
VI - Of Avoidance and Rescission of Sales (1658 to 1685)
Section I - Of Power of Redemption (1659 to 1673)
Section II -
Of Rescission of Sales because of Loss (1674 to 1685)
Chapter
VII - Of Auction (1686 to 1688)
Chapter
VIII - Of Assignment of Claims and Other Incorporeal Rights (1689 to
1701)
TITLE
VII
OF
EXCHANGES (1702
to 1707)
TITLE
VIII
OF
HIRING (1708 to
1831)
Chapter
I - General Provisions (1708 to 1712)
Chapter
II - Of the Rental of Things (1713 to 1778)
Section I -
Of Rules Common to Leases of Houses and of Rural
Property (1714 to 1751)
Section II -
Of Special Rules for Leases of Houses (1752 to 1762)
Section III -
Of Special Rules for Agricultural Leases (1763 to
1778)
Chapter
III - Of the Hiring of Industry and Services (1779 to 1799-1)
Section I - Of the Hiring of Servants and Workers (1780 and 1781)
Section II -
Of Carriers by Land and Water (1782 to 1786)
Section III -
Of Estimates and of Works (1787 to 1799-1)
Chapter
IV - Of Leases of Livestock : 1800 to 1831
Section I -
General Provisions (1800 to 1803)
Section II -
Of Ordinary Leases of Livestock (1804 to 1817)
Section III -
Of Leases of Livestock by Halves (1818 to 1820)
Section IV - Of Leases of Livestock Granted by an Owner to his
Farmer or Sharecropper (1821 to 1830)
§ 1 -
Of Livestock Leased to a Farmer (1821
to 1826)
§ 2 -
Of Livestock Leased to a Sharecropper
(1827 to 1830)
Section V -
Of the Contract Improperly Named Lease of Livestock
(1831)
TITLE
VIII bis
OF
THE CONTRACT OF REAL ESTATE PROMOTION
(1831-1 to 1831-5)
TITLE IX
OF
FIRMS AND COMPANIES
(1832 to 1873)
Chapter
I - General Provisions (1832 to 1844-17)
Chapter
II - Of Partnership for Non-Commercial Purposes (1845 to 1870-1)
Section I - General Provisions (1845 and 1845-1)
Section II -
Of Management (1846 to 1851)
Section III -
Of Collective Resolutions
(1852 to 1854)
Section IV -
Of Notice to Partners (1855 and 1856)
Section V -
Of the Liability of Partners with regard to Third
Parties (1857 to 1860)
Section VI -
Of the Transfer of Shares of the Capital (1861 to 1868)
Section VII -
Of the Withdrawal or Death of a Partner (1869 to
1870-1)
Chapter
III – Of Undisclosed Partnership (1871 to 1873)
TITLE IX
bis
OF
AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE EXERCISE OF UNDIVIDED RIGHTS
(1873-1 to 1873-18)
Chapter
I -
Of Agreements relating to the Exercise of Undivided Rights in
the Absence of a Usufructuary (1873-2 to 1873-15)
Chapter
II -
Of Agreements relating to the Exercise of Undivided Rights in
the Presence of a Usufructuary (1873-16 to 1873-18)
TITLE X
OF
LOANS (1874 to
1914)
Chapter
I - Of Loans for Use or Commodates (1875 to 1891)
Section I -
Of the Nature of a Loan for Use (1875 to 1879)
Section II -
Of the Undertakings of the Borrower (1880 to 1887)
Section III -
Of the Undertakings of One Who Lends for Use (1888 to
1891)
Chapter
II - Of Loans for Consumption or Simple Loans (1892 to 1904)
Section I -
Of the Nature of the Loan for Consumption (1892 to 1897)
Section II -
Of the Obligations of the Lender (1898 to 1901)
Section III -
Of the Undertakings of the Borrower (1902 to 1904)
Chapter
III -
Of Loans at Interest (1905 to 1914)
TITLE XI
OF
DEPOSITS AND OF SEQUESTRATIONS
(1915 to 1963)
Chapter
I - Of Deposit in General and of its Different Kinds (1915 and 1916)
Chapter
II - Of Actual Deposits (1917 to 1954)
Section I -
Of the Nature and Essence of the Contract of Deposit
(1917 to 1920)
Section II -
Of Voluntary Deposits (1921 to 1926)
Section III -
Of the Obligations of a Depositary (1927 to 1946)
Section IV -
Of the Obligations of the Person by Whom a Deposit was
Made (1947 and 1948)
Section V -
Of Necessary Deposits (1949 to 1954)
Chapter
III - Of Sequestrations (1955 to 1963)
Section I -
Of the Various Kinds of Sequestration (1955)
Section II -
Of Conventional Sequestration (1956 to 1960)
Section III -
Of Judicial Sequestration or Deposit
(1961 to 1963)
TITLE
XII
OF
ALEATORY CONTRACTS
(1964 to 1983)
Chapter
I - Of Gaming and Betting (1965 to 1967)
Chapter
II - Of Contract for Life Annuity (1968 to 1983)
Section I -
Of the Requisites for the Validity of the Contract (1968
to 1976)
Section II -
Of the Effects of the Contract between the Contracting
Parties (1977 to 1983)
TITLE
XIII
OF
AGENCY (1984 to
2010)
Chapter
I - Of the Nature and Form of Agency (1984 to 1990)
Chapter
II -
Of the Obligations of the Agent
(1991 to 1997)
Chapter
III -
Of the Obligations of the Principal (1998 to 2002)
Chapter
IV -
Of the Different Ways in Which an Agency Comes to an End (2003
to 2010)
TITLE
XIV
OF
SURETYSHIP (2011
to 2043)
Chapter
I -
Of the Nature and Extent of Suretyship (2011 to 2020)
Chapter
II - Of the Effects of Suretyship (2021 to 2033)
Section I -
Of the Effects of Suretyship between the Creditor and
the Surety (2021 to 2027)
Section II -
Of the Effects of Suretyship between the Debtor and the
Surety (2028 to 2032)
Section III -
Of the Effects of Suretyship between Co-Sureties
(2033)
Chapter
III -
Of the Extinguishment of Suretyship (2034 to 2039)
Chapter
IV -
Of Statutory and Judicial Sureties (2040 to 2043)
TITLE XV
OF
COMPROMISES
(2044 to 2058)
TITLE
XVI
OF
ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS
(2059 to 2070)
TITLE
XVII
OF
PLEDGES (2071 to
2091)
Chapter
I – Of Pawns (2073 to 2084)
Chapter
II -
Of Pledges of Immovables (2085 to 2091)
TITLE
XVIII
OF
PRIOR CHARGES AND MORTGAGES
(2092 to 2203-1)
Chapter
I - General Provisions (2092 to 2094)
Chapter
II - Of Prior Charges (2095 to 2113)
Section I - Of Prior Charges over Movables (2100 to 2102)
§ 1 -
Of General Prior Charges over Movables
(2101)
§ 2 -
Of Prior Charges over Particular
Movables (2102)
Section II -
Of Special Prior Charges over Immovables (2103)
Section III -
Of General Prior Charges over Immovables (2104 and
2105)
Section IV -
How Prior Charges are Preserved
(2106 to 2113)
Chapter
III - Of Mortgages (2114 to 2145)
Section I -
Of Statutory Mortgages (2121 to 2122)
Section II -
Of Judicial Mortgages (2123)
Section III -
Of Conventional Mortgages (2124 to 2133)
Section IV - Of the Rank of Mortgages with Respect to Each Other
(2134)
Section V -
Of Particular Rules for the Statutory Mortgage of
Spouses (2135 to 2142)
Section VI -
Of Particular Rules for the Statutory Mortgage of
Persons in Guardianship (2143 to 2145)
Chapter
IV -
Of the Mode of Registration of Prior Charges and Mortgages
(2146 to 2156)
Chapter
V - Of the Cancellation and Reduction of Registrations (2157 to
2165)
Section I - General Provisions (2157 to 2162)
Section II -
Particular Provisions relating to Mortgages of Spouses
and of Persons in Guardianship (2163 to 2165)
Chapter
VI -
Of the Effect of prior Charges and Mortgages against Third
Parties in Possession (2166 to 2179)
Chapter
VII -
Of the Extinguishment of Prior Charges and Mortgages (2180)
Chapter
VIII -
Of the Mode of Redeeming Property from Prior Charges and
Mortgages (2181 to 2192)
Chapter
IX - [repealed by implication] (2193 to 2195)
Chapter
X -
Of the Public Inspection of Registers and of the Liability of
Registrars (2196 to 2203-1)
TITLE
XIX
OF
FORCED SALES AND OF RANKING AMONG CREDITORS
(2204 to 2218)
Chapter
I - Of Forced Sales (2204 to 2217)
Chapter
II - Of the Ranking of Creditors and of the Division of the Proceeds
between Them (2218)
TITLE XX
OF
PRESCRIPTION AND OF POSSESSION
(2219 to 2283)
Chapter
I - General Provisions (2219 to 2227)
Chapter
II - Of Possession (2228 to 2235)
Chapter
III -
Of the Causes Which Prevent Prescription (2236 to 2241)
Chapter
IV - Of the Causes Which Interrupt or Suspend the Running of
Prescription (2242 to 2259)
Section I -
Of the Causes Which Interrupt Prescription (2242 to
2250)
Section II -
Of the Causes Which Suspend the Running of Prescription
(2251 to 2259)
Chapter
V - Of the Time Required to Prescribe (2260 to 2281)
Section I - General Provisions (2260 and 2261)
Section II -
Of Thirty-Year Prescription (2262 to 2264)
Section III -
Of Ten- and Twenty-Year Prescription (2265 to 2270-1)
Section IV -
Of Some Particular Prescriptions (2271 to 2281)
Chapter
VI -
Of the Mode of Protecting Possession (2282 and 2283)
