Limitation periods in the case of legal proceedings only run from the date of the last legal action. They do not apply if there has been a conviction or if the debt has been recognised by a separate act.
The interruption of prescription has effect only against the person in respect of whom the interruptive act was performed.
Nevertheless, the alleged debtors are obliged, if so requested, to affirm on oath that they are no longer indebted and their widows, heirs or successors, that they believe in good faith that they no longer owe anything.