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Article 793

Des Diverses espèces d'Obligations

Contract Law
Titre XVII: Des Contrats ou Obligations conventionnelles en général (On Contracts or Conventional Obligations in General)
Chapitre III: Des Diverses espèces d'Obligations (On the Various Kinds of Obligations)

Lorsque plusieurs débiteurs sont obligés à une même chose, qu'un seul puisse être contraint pour la totalité, et que le payement fait par l'un d'eux libère les autres, il y a solidarité de la part des débiteurs.

Life lesson: Joint and several liability — any debtor can be forced to pay the whole, and his payment frees the rest.
Notes: Solidarity among debtors defined: same obligation, each liable for whole, payment by one liberates all. Cf. Code Napoléon Art. 1200.
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