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French Civil Code
- Book III: Different ways of acquiring property
  - Title III: Sources of obligations
    - Subtitle II: Extra-contractual liability
      - Chapter I: Extra-contractual liability in general

Article 1240 of the French Civil Code

Article 1240 of the French Civil Code

November 7, 2023
1:39 pm

Any act whatsoever by man which causes damage to another person obliges the person through whose fault it occurred to make reparation for it.

Original in French 🇫🇷

Article 1240

Tout fait quelconque de l’homme, qui cause à autrui un dommage, oblige celui par la faute duquel il est arrivé à le réparer.

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