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Article 2391 of the French Civil Code

The mortgage is indivisible, notwithstanding the division of the debt: the co-debtor who owns the mortgaged immovable is, on that immovable, held for the whole; each of the creditors has the whole immovable as security for his share in the debt.

The mortgage is still indivisible, notwithstanding the division of the immovable or the plurality of immovables: each part of the divided immovable, each of the immovables is assigned to the security of the entire debt.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article 2391

L’hypothèque est indivisible, nonobstant la division de la dette : le codébiteur propriétaire de l’immeuble hypothéqué est, sur cet immeuble, tenu pour le tout ; chacun des créanciers a l’entier immeuble pour sûreté de sa part dans la créance.


L’hypothèque est encore indivisible, nonobstant la division de l’immeuble ou la pluralité d’immeubles : chaque partie de l’immeuble divisé, chacun des immeubles est affecté à la sûreté de la totalité de la dette.

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