Chapter I: General provisions.

There are two kinds of leasing contracts: That of things, And that of work.

The leasing of things is a contract by which one of the parties undertakes to cause the other to enjoy a thing for a certain period of time, and for a certain price which the latter undertakes to pay.

The hire of work is a contract by which one of the parties undertakes to do something for the other, in return for a price agreed between them.

These two kinds of hire are further subdivided into several particular species: “Lease to rent” is called the hire of houses and that of furniture; “Farm lease”, that of rural hereditaments; “Rent”, the hire of labour or service; “Livestock lease”, that of animals, the profit of which is shared between the owner and the person to whom he entrusts them. Estimates, contracts or prices made, for the undertaking of a…

Leases of national property, property of communes and public establishments are subject to special regulations.