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Cover Page
Foreword
Abbreviations
Synopsis
Preliminary title
Of the general definitions of rights and the promulgation of the laws
Chapter I
Of law and customs
Chapter II
Of the publication of the laws
Chapter III
Of the effects of laws
Chapter IV
Of the application and construction of laws
Chapter V
Of the repeal of laws
Book I
Of persons
Title I
Of the distinction of persons, and the privation of certain civil rights in certain cases
Chapter I
Of the distinction of persons established by nature
Chapter II
Of the distinctions of persons which are established by law
Title II
Of domicil and the manner of changing the same
Title III
Of absent persons
Chapter I
Of the curatorship of absent persons
Chapter II
Of the putting into provisional possession the heirs of the absentee
Chapter III
Of the effects of absence upon the eventual rights which may belong to the absentee
Chapter IV
Of the effects of absence respecting marriage
Chapter V
Of the care of minor children whose father has disappeared
Title IV
Of husband and wife
Chapter I
On marriage
Chapter II
How marriages may be contracted or made
Chapter III
Of the nullity of marriages
Chapter IV
Of the respective rights and duties of married persons
Chapter V
Of the dissolution of marriages
Chapter VI
Of second marriages
Title V
Of the separation from bed and board
Chapter I
Of the causes of separation from bed and board
Chapter II
Of the proceedings on separation from bed and board
Chapter III
Of the provisional proceedings to which a suit for separation may give occasion
Chapter IV
Of objections to the action of separation from bed and board
Chapter V
Of the effects of separation from bed and board
Title VI
Of master and servant
Chapter I
Of the several sorts of servants
Chapter II
Of free servants
Chapter III
Of slaves
Title VII
Of father and child
Chapter I
Of children in general
Chapter II
Of legitimate children
Section I
Of legitimacy resulting from marriage
Section II
Of the manner of proving the legitimate filiation
Chapter III
Of illegitimate children
Section I
Of legitimation
Section II
Of the acknowledgment of illegitimate children
Chapter IV
Of adoption
Chapter V
Of paternal authority
Section I
Of the duties of parents towards their legitimate children, and of the duties of legitimate children towards their parents
Section II
Of the duties of parents towards their natural children, and of the duties of natural children towards their parents
Title VIII
Of minors, of their tutorship, curatorship and emancipation
Chapter I
Of tutorship
Section I
General dispositions
Section II
Of tutorship by nature
Section III
Of tutorship by will
Section IV
Of the tutorship by the effect of the law
Section V
Of dative tutorship
Section VI
Of the under tutor
Section VII
Of the causes which dispense or excuse from the tutorship
Section VIII
Of incapacity for, exclusion from and deprivation of the tutorship
Section IX
Of the administration of the tutor
Chapter II
Of the curatorship of minors
Chapter III
Of emancipation
Title IX
Of persons insane, idiots, and other persons incapable of administering their estate
Chapter I
Of the interdiction and curatorship of persons incapable of administering their estate, whether on account of insanity or of some other infirmity
Chapter II
Of the other persons to whom curators are appointed
Title X
Of communities or corporations
Chapter I
Of the nature of communities or corporations, of their use and kind
Chapter II
Of the rights and privileges of communities or corporations and of their incapacities
Chapter III
Of the dissolution of communities or corporations
Book II
Of things and of the different modifications of property
Title I
Of things or estates
Chapter I
Of the distinction of things or estates
Chapter II
Of immoveables
Chapter III
Of moveables
Chapter IV
Of estates considered in their relation to those who possess them
Title II
Of absolute ownership
Chapter I
Universal principles
Chapter II
Of the right of accession to what is produced by the thing
Chapter III
Of the right of accession to what unites or incorporates itself to the thing
Section I
Of the right of accession concerning immoveables
Section II
Of the right of accession concerning moveable things
Title III
Of usufruct, use and habitation
Chapter I
Of usufruct
Section I
General definitions
Section II
Of the rights of the usufructuary
Section III
Of the obligations of the usufructuary
Section IV
Of the obligations of the owner
Section V
How usufruct expires
Chapter II
Of the use and habitation
Title IV
Of predial services or services of land
Chapter I
General principles
Chapter II
Of services which originate from the natural situation of the place
Chapter III
Of services imposed by law
Section I
Of walls, fences, and ditches in common
Section II
Of the distance and of the intermediary works required for certain buildings
Section III
Of lights on the property of a neighbor
Section IV
Of the manner of carrying off rain from the roof
Section V
Of the right of passage
Chapter IV
Of services established by the act of man
Section I
Of the different kinds of services which may be established by the act of man
Section II
How services are acquired
Section III
Of the rights of the proprietor of the estate to which the service is due
Section IV
How Services are extinguished
Book III
Of the different manners of acquiring the property of things
Preliminary title
General dispositions
Title I
Of successions
Chapter I
Of the different sorts of successions and heirs
Chapter II
Of legal successions
Section I
General rules
Section II
Of the succession of descendants
Section III
Of the succession of ascendants
Section IV
Of the succession of collaterals
Chapter III
Of irregular successions
Chapter IV
In what manner successions are opened
Chapter V
Of the incapacity and unworthiness of the heirs
Chapter VI
In what manner a succession is accepted and how it is renounced
Section I
Of the acceptance pure and simple
Section II
Of the acceptance of a succession with the benefit of an inventory
Chapter VII
Of the administration of vacant estates and estates ab intestato
Chapter VIII
Of partition among heirs and of the collation of goods
Section I
Of the nature of partition and in what manner it is made
Section II
Of the collation of goods
Section III
Of the payment of debts
Section IV
Of the effect of partition and of its rescision
Title II
Of donations inter vivos (between living persons) and mortis causa (in prospect of death)
Chapter I
General dispositions
Chapter II
Of the capacity necessary for disposing of and receiving by donation inter vivos or mortis causa
Chapter III
Of the portion disposable, and of its reduction in case of excess
Section I
Of the disposable portion and the legitime
Section II
Of the reduction of dispositions inter vivos or mortis causa; of the manner in which it is made and of its effects
Chapter IV
Of dispositions reprobated by the law in donations inter vivos and mortis causa
Chapter V
Of donations inter vivos (between living)
Section I
Of the irrevocability of donations inter vivos
Section II
Of the form of donations inter vivos
Section III
Of the exceptions to the rule of the irrevocability of donations inter vivos
Chapter VI
Of dispositions mortis causa (in the prospect of death)
Section I
Of testament or codicil
Section II
Of the form of testaments and codicils
Section III
Of testamentary dispositions
Section IV
Of the institution of heir and of disinherison
Section V
Of legacies
Section VI
Of the opening and the proof of wills, and of testamentary executions
Section VII
Of the revocation of testaments and codicils and of their caducity
Section VIII
Of the interpretation of testamentary dispositions
Chapter VII
Of partitions made by parents among their descendants
Chapter VIII
Of donations made by marriage contract to the husband or wife, and to the children to be born of the marriage
Chapter IX
Of donations between married persons, either by marriage contract, or during the marriage
Title III
Of contracts and of conventional obligations in general
Chapter I
Preliminary dispositions
Chapter II
Of the conditions essential to the validity of agreements
Section I
Of consent
Section II
Of the capability of the parties contracting
Section III
Of the object and the matter of contracts
Section IV
Of the cause
Chapter III
Of the effect of obligations
Section I
General dispositions
Section II
Of the obligation of giving
Section III
Of the obligations of doing or of not doing
Section IV
Of the damages resulting from the non execution of the obligation
Section V
Of the interpretation of the agreements
Section VI
Of the effect of agreements with regard to persons not parties to them
Chapter IV
Of the different kinds of obligations
Section I
Of conditional obligations
§ 1
Of the condition in general and of its different kinds
§ 2
Of the suspensive condition
§ 3
Of the dissolving condition
Section II
Of obligations to be performed at a certain term
Section III
Of the alternative obligations
Section IV
Of obligations in solido or jointly and severally
§ 1
Of the obligation in solido between creditors
§ 2
Of the obligation in solido on the part of debtors
Section V
Of obligations divisible and indivisible
§ 1
Of the effects of a divisible obligation
§ 2
Of the effect of the indivisible obligation
Section VI
Of obligations with penal clauses
Chapter V
Of the extinction of obligations
Section I
Of payment
§ 1
Of payment in general
§ 2
Of payment with subrogation
§ 3
Of the imputation of payments
§ 4
Of tenders of payment, and consignment
§ 5
Of the surrender of property
Section II
Of novation
Section III
Of the remission of the debt
Section IV
Of compensation
Section V
Of confusion
Section VI
Of the loss of the thing due
Section VII
Of the action of nullity or of rescission of agreements
Chapter VI
Of the proof of obligations and of that of payment
Section I
Of the literal proof
§ 1
Of the authentic title
§ 2
Of the acts under private signature
§ 3
Of copies of titles
§ 4
Of recognitive and confirmative acts
Section II
Of testimonial proof
Section III
Of presumptions
§ 1
Of presumptions established by law
§ 2
Of presumption not established by law
Section IV
Of the confession of the party
Section V
Of the proof by oath
Title IV
Of engagements formed without agreements, or of quasi contracts and quasi offences
Section I
Of the quasi contract
Section II
Of quasi crimes or offences
Title V
Of marriage contract
Chapter I
General dispositions
Chapter II
Of the various kinds of matrimonial agreements
Section I
Of donations made in consideration of marriage
Section II
Of dowry or marriage portion
Section III
Of paraphernalia or extra dotal effects
Section IV
Of the partnership or community of acquests or gains
Chapter III
Of the separation of property
Title VI
Of sale
Chapter I
Of the nature and form of the contract of sale, and of the manner in which it is to be performed
Chapter II
Of persons capable of buying and selling, and of things which may be sold
Chapter III
Of the obligations of the seller
Section I
Of the tradition or delivery of the thing sold
Section II
Of the warranty, in case of eviction of the thing sold
Section III
Of the warranty of the defects of the thing sold or of the redhibitory vices
Chapter IV
Of the obligations of the buyer
Chapter V
Of the nullity and rescissions of the sale
Section I
Of the power or right of redemption
Section II
Of the rescission of sales on account of lesion
Chapter VI
Of sales by cant or auction
Chapter VII
Of the assignment or transfer of debts and other incorporeal rights
Title VII
Of exchange
Title VIII
Of letting and hiring
Chapter I
Of the several species of contracts for letting and hiring
Chapter II
Of the contract for letting out things
Section I
Of the form and duration of leases
Section II
Of the obligations of the lessor
Section III
Of the obligations of the lessee
Section IV
Of the dissolution of leases
Chapter III
Of the letting out of labour or industry
Section I
Of the hiring of servants and workmen
Section II
Of carriers and watermen
Section III
Of plots for buildings and other works
Title IX
Of partnership
Chapter I
General dispositions
Chapter II
Of the various kinds of partnerships
Chapter III
Of the obligations of partners towards each other, and towards third persons
Section I
Of the obligations of partners towards each other
Section II
Of the obligations of partners towards third persons
Chapter IV
Of the different manners in which partnerships end
Title X
Of loan
Chapter I
Of the loan for use or commodatum
Section I
Of the nature of the loan for use
Section II
Of the engagements of the borrower for use
Section III
Of the engagements of the lender for use
Chapter II
Of the loan for consumption or mutuum
Section I
Of the nature of the loan for consumption
Section II
Of the obligations of the lender for consumption
Section III
Of the engagements of the borrower for consumption
Chapter III
Of loan on interest
Title XI
Of deposit and sequestration
Chapter I
Of deposit in general and of its divers kinds
Chapter II
Of the deposit properly so called
Section I
Of the nature and essence of the contract of deposit
Section II
Of the obligations of the depository
Section III
Of the obligations of him by whom the deposit has been made
Section IV
Of the necessary deposit
Chapter III
Of sequestration
Section I
Of its different species
Section II
Of the conventional sequestration
Section III
Of the judicial sequestration or deposit
Title XII
Of aleatory contracts
Title XIII
Of mandate or commission
Chapter I
Of the nature of proxies, mandates and commissions
Chapter II
What persons may be appointed attornies in fact
Chapter III
Of the obligations of a person acting under a power of attorney
Chapter IV
Of the obligations of the principal who acts by his attorney in fact
Chapter V
How the procuration expires
Title XIV
Of suretyship
Chapter I
Of the nature and extent of suretyship
Chapter II
Of the effects of suretyship
Section I
Of the effects of suretyship between the creditor and the surety
Section II
Of the effects of suretyship between the debtor and the surety
Section III
Respecting the effects of suretyship between the sureties
Chapter III
Of the extinction of suretyship
Chapter IV
Of the legal and judicial sureties
Title XV
Of transactions
Title XVI
Of respite
Title XVII
Of compromises or arbitration
Title XVIII
Of pledge
Title XIX
Of privileges and mortgages
Chapter I
Of the nature of a mortgage and of its several sorts
Chapter II
Who may mortgage and what thing may be mortgaged
Chapter III
Of the effects of mortgage
Section I
Of the effects of mortgage with regard to the debtor
Section II
Of the effects of mortgages against third possessors and of the action of mortgage
Section III
Of the registering of mortgages and of the register kept for that purpose
Chapter IV
Of the order of privileges and mortgages
Section I
Of the preference and order of privileges
Chapter V
How privileges or mortgages expire or are extinguished
Title XX
Of occupancy, possession and prescription
Chapter I
Of occupancy
Chapter II
Of possession
Chapter III
Of prescription
Section I
Of the possession required to establish prescription
Section II
Of the causes which suspend or interrupt prescriptions
Section III
Of the several species of prescription
Title XXI
Of the title by judgment or seizure
Index
Manuscript index
Manuscript index
Part 2
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