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Article 94

Des Propriétaires de Navires

Commercial Law
Titre II: Des Navires et autres Bâtimens de mer (On Ships and Other Seagoing Vessels)
Chapitre III: Des Propriétaires de Navires (On Ship Owners)

Les propriétaires des bâtimens seront responsables des faits de leurs capitaines, pour tout ce qui est relatif au bâtiment et aux expéditions; ils pourront cependant en être déchargés en abandonnant le bâtiment et le fret.

Life lesson: Owners answer for their captains' actions — unless they surrender the ship and freight entirely.
Notes: Vicarious liability: owners responsible for captain's acts re vessel and expeditions. Escape clause: abandon vessel + freight (limited liability by abandonment). Proto-limited liability concept.
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