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Article 1599 of the French Civil Code

The sale of someone else’s thing is void: it may give rise to damages where the buyer was unaware that the thing belonged to someone else.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article 1599

La vente de la chose d’autrui est nulle : elle peut donner lieu à des dommages-intérêts lorsque l’acheteur a ignoré que la chose fût à autrui.

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