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Article 1311 of the French Civil Code

Solidarity between creditors enables each of them to demand and receive payment of the entire claim. Payment made to one of them, who owes an account to the others, discharges the debtor in respect of all of them.

The debtor may pay any of the joint and several creditors as long as he is not sued by one of them.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article 1311
La solidarité entre créanciers permet à chacun d’eux d’exiger et de recevoir le paiement de toute la créance. Le paiement fait à l’un d’eux, qui en doit compte aux autres, libère le débiteur à l’égard de tous.

Le débiteur peut payer l’un ou l’autre des créanciers solidaires tant qu’il n’est pas poursuivi par l’un d’eux.

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