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1421

Article 1421

Du Gage

Property Law
Titre XXXI: Du Nantissement (On Pledging)
Chapitre I: Du Gage (On Pledge)

Nonobstant la divisibilité de la dette, le gage est indivisible. Ainsi, tant que la dette n'est pas entièrement payée, l'héritier du débiteur ne peut redemander le gage, quoiqu'il ait acquitté sa portion de la dette. Il en est de même d'un héritier du créancier qui ne peut, au préjudice de ses cohéritiers, remettre le gage lorsqu'il n'y a que sa portion de la dette qui est payée.

Life lesson: The pledge can't be split — it stays put until the entire debt is paid, even if individual heirs have paid their shares.
Notes: Indivisibility of pledge: binding on heirs of both parties. Debtor's heir: no partial reclaim. Creditor's heir: no partial return. Full payment = full release.
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