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Article 862

De l'Extinction des Obligations

Contract Law
Titre XVII: Des Contrats ou Obligations conventionnelles en général (On Contracts or Conventional Obligations in General)
Chapitre IV: De l'Extinction des Obligations (On the Extinction of Obligations)

La remise volontaire par le créancier au débiteur, du titre originaire sous signature privée, fait preuve de la libération du débiteur; celle de la grosse du titre ne fait que présumer le payement ou la remise de la dette, sauf à faire preuve contraire.

Life lesson: Hand over the original signed document, and the debtor is free. Hand over only the copy, and there is a presumption of release — but it can be rebutted.
Notes: Voluntary release evidence: original private title returned → proof of release. Engrossed copy returned → presumption only (rebuttable). Cf. Code Napoléon Art. 1282–1283.
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