Question: In the case where, after the adjudication of disappearance had been made with respect to A and A had been deemed to have died because it had not been clear whether A had been dead or alive for 7 years, A was found to be alive, but the adjudication of disappearance was not rescinded and A died, the adjudication of disappearance may no longer be rescinded.

Article 32
(1) Having received proof that a missing person is alive or that a missing person died at a time different from the time set forth in the preceding Article, the family court, at the request of the missing person or an interested person, must rescind the declaration of that person's disappearance.In this case, the rescission does not affect the validity of any act performed in good faith after the declaration of disappearance but before the rescission thereof.
(2) A person who has acquired property due to a declaration of disappearance loses the rights in question due to its rescission;provided, however, that the person has the obligation to return that property only to the extent currently enriched..

Article 166
(1) A claim is extinguished by prescription in the following cases:
(i) if the obligee does not exercise the right within five years from the time when the obligee came to know that it was exercisable; or
(ii) if the obligee does not exercise the right within 10 years from the time when it became exercisable.
(2) A claim or property right other than ownership is extinguished by prescription if not exercised within 20 years from the time when the right became exercisable.
(3) The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not preclude the commencement of acquisitive prescription for the benefit of a third party that possesses the subject matter of a right with a time of commencement or a right subject to a condition precedent, at the time of commencing the possession;provided, however, that the holder of the right may demand acknowledgment from the possessor at any time to renew the prescription period.
Article 412
(1) If a fixed due date is assigned to the performance of an obligation, the obligor is liable for delay from the time that due date arrives.
(2) If an uncertain due date is assigned to the performance of an obligation, the obligor is liable for delay from the time when the obligor receives the request for performance after the due date arrives or the time when the obligor becomes aware of the arrival of that due date, whichever comes earlier.
(3) If no time limit is assigned to the performance of an obligation, the obligor is liable for delay from the time the obligor receives the request for performance..

Article 128
While it is uncertain whether or not a condition will be fulfilled, a party to a juridical act that is subject to a condition may not prejudice the other party's interests that would arise from the juridical act upon fulfillment of the condition..

Article 424
(1) An obligee may demand the court to rescind an act which the obligor commits knowing that it will prejudice the obligee; provided, however, that this does not apply if a person that benefits from that act (hereinafter referred to as the "beneficiary" in this Subsection) does not know, at the time of the act, that the obligee will be prejudiced.
(2) The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to an act with a subject matter other than property rights.
(3) The obligee may make the demand under the provisions of paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as "demand for rescission of fraudulent act") only if the obligee's claim has arisen from a cause that existed before the act prescribed in paragraph (1).
(4) The obligee may not make demand for rescission of fraudulent act if the obligee's claim is not enforceable by compulsory execution..

Article 545
(1) If one of the parties exercises the right to cancel, each party assumes an obligation to restore the other party to that other party's original state;provided, however, that this may not prejudice the rights of a third party.
(2) In the case referred to in the main clause of the preceding paragraph, if any monies are to be refunded, interest must accrue from the time of the receipt of those monies.
(3) In the case referred to in the main clause of paragraph (1), if a thing other than money is to be returned, fruits that have accrued on or after the time of the receipt of the thing must also be returned.
(4) The exercise of the right to cancel does not preclude claims for compensation for loss or damage..

Article 496
(1) As long as the obligee does not accept the deposit, or the judgment which pronounces that the deposit is effective does not become final and binding, the performer may recover the deposited thingy. In such case, it is deemed that no deposit has been effected.
(2) The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply in cases any pledge or mortgage has been extinguished due to the deposit..

Article 152
(1) If a right is acknowledged, a new period of prescription commences to run at the time of the acknowledgment.
(2) With respect to the disposition of the right of the other party, an acknowledgment referred to in the preceding paragraph does not require unlimited capacity to act or authority.
Article 467
(1) The assignment of a claim (including the assignment of a claim that is yet to arise) may not be duly asserted against the applicable obligor or any other third party, unless the assignor gives notice thereof to the obligor or the obligor has consented to the same.
(2) Notice or consent as referred to in the preceding paragraph may not be duly asserted against a third party other than the obligor unless the notice or the consent is made using an instrument bearing a certified date..

Article 102
An act that a person with qualified legal capacity performs as an agent of another person may not be rescinded on the grounds of qualified legal capacity;provided, however, that this does not apply to an act performed by a person with qualified legal capacity as a legal representative of another person with qualified legal capacity..

Article 147
(1) If any of the following grounds exists, the period of prescription does not expire until the ground ceases to exist (if the ground ceases to exist while the right remains undetermined by a final and binding judgment or anything that has the same effect as a final and binding judgment, until six months have passed from the time of cessation):
(i) demand by litigation;
(ii) demand for payment;
(iii) settlement referred to in Article 275, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure or mediation under the Civil Conciliation Act (Act No. 222 of 1951) or the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (Act No. 52 of 2011); or
(iv) participation in bankruptcy proceeding, rehabilitation proceeding or reorganization proceeding.
(2) In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if a right is determined by a final and binding judgment or anything that has the same effect as a final and binding judgment, a new period of prescription commences to run at the time when the grounds set forth in the items of that paragraph cease to exist;.

Article 28
If an administrator needs to perform an act exceeding the authority provided for in Article 103, the administrator may perform that act after obtaining the permission of the family court. The same applies if it is unclear whether the absentee is dead or alive and the administrator needs to perform an act exceeding the authority established by the absentee.
Article 103
An agent who has no specifically defined authority has the authority to perform the following acts only:
(i) acts of preservation; and
(ii) acts with the purpose of using or improving a thing or right that is the subject matter of the agency, to the extent that this does not change the nature of that thing or right..

Article 519
If an obligee manifests the intention to release an obligor from an obligation to that obligor, the obligee's claim is extinguished.
Article 705
A person that has paid money or delivered anything as performance of an obligation may not demand the return of the money paid or thing delivered if the person knew, at the time, that the obligation did not exist..

Article 509
The obligor of either of the following obligations may not duly assert a set-off against the obligee;provided, however, that this does not apply if the obligee acquires a claim corresponding to the relevant obligation from another person:
(i) an obligation for compensation for loss or damage based on a tort committed in bad faith; or
(ii) an obligation for compensation for loss or damage for death or injury to person (excluding the one set forth in the preceding item)..

Article 295
(1) If a possessor of a thing belonging to another person has a claim that has arisen in relation to that thing, that possessor may retain that thing until that claim is satisfied;provided, however, that this does not apply if the relevant claim has not yet fallen due.
(2) The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if possession commenced by means of a tortious act..

Article 197
A possessor may file a possessory action in accordance with the provisions of the following Article through Article 202. The same applies to a person that takes possession on behalf of another person.
Article 200
(1) If a possessor is forcibly dispossessed, the possessor may demand the restitution of the thing and compensation for loss or damage by filing an action for recovery of possession.
(2) An action for recovery of possession may not be filed against a specific successor of a person that forcibly takes possession;provided, however, that this does not apply if that successor had knowledge of the fact that the person has unlawfully taken the possession..

Article 541
If one of the parties does not perform that party's obligation, and the other party demands performance of that obligation, specifying a reasonable period of time, but no performance is completed during that period, the other party may cancel the contract;provided, however, that this does not apply if the non-performance of the obligations upon the passage of the period is minor in light of the contract and the common sense in the transaction.
Article 564
The provisions of the preceding two Articles do not preclude the buyer from claiming compensation for loss or damage pursuant to the provisions of Article 415
or exercising the right to cancel pursuant to the provisions of Articles 541 and 542..

Article 679
Beyond the cases referred to in the preceding Article, partners withdraw on the following grounds:
(i) the partner dies;
(ii) the partner is subject to an order commencing bankruptcy proceeding;
(iii) the partner is subject to a decision for the commencement of guardianship;
(iv) the partner has been expelled..

Article 97
(1) A manifestation of intention becomes effective at the time notice thereof reaches the other party.
(2) If the other party prevents notice of a manifestation of intention from reaching them without a legitimate reason, the notice is deemed to have reached that party at the time it would have normally reached them.
(3) The effect of a manifestation of intention is not impaired even if the person making it dies, loses mental capacity, or becomes subject to restrictions on their legal capacity to act after having sent the notice..

Article 120 (1) An act that is voidable on the grounds of the qualified legal capacity to act of the person who did the act may be rescinded only by the person with qualified legal capacity (in the case of an act performed by the person as a legal representative of another person with limited capacity, including that other person with limited capacity), or an agent or successor thereof, or a person who has the authority to give consent thereto.
(2) An act that is voidable on the grounds of a mistake, fraud or duress may be rescinded only by the person who made the defective manifestation of intention, or an agent or successor thereof.

Article 21
If a person with qualified legal capacity uses fraudulent means to induce another person to believe that the person is a person with legal capacity to act, the person may not rescind the act in question..

Article 424-5 If the obligee is entitled to make demand rescission for fraudulent act against the beneficiary, and a person subsequently acquires the property which has been transferred to the beneficiary, the obligee may also make demand for rescission of fraudulent act against the subsequent acquirer only in the situations specified in the following items according to the categories set forth in the respective items:
(i) if the subsequent acquirer acquires the property from the beneficiary: the subsequent acquirer, at the time of the acquisition, knows that the obligor's act will be prejudicial to the obligee; or
(ii) if the subsequent acquirer acquires the property from another subsequent acquirer: the relevant subsequent acquirer and all the subsequent acquirers that previously acquired the property, at the time of their respective acquisitions, know that the obligor's act will be prejudicial to the obligee.
Article 424 (1) An obligee may demand the court to rescind an act which the obligor commits knowing that it will prejudice the obligee; provided, however, that this does not apply if a person that benefits from that act (hereinafter referred to as the "beneficiary" in this Subsection) does not know, at the time of the act, that the obligee will be prejudiced.

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Question: In the case where, after A, who owns the land "X", had faked a transfer of the land "X" to B based on collusion with B and the transfer of ownership from A to B had been registered, B's obligee C attached the land "X", if C was without knowledge with respect to the fake transfer at the time of the attachment, A may not assert, against C, that the transfer to B is void.

Article 94
(1) A false manifestation of intention that a person makes in collusion with another person is void.
(2) The nullity of a manifestation of intention under the provisions of the preceding paragraph may not be duly asserted against a third party in good faith..

Article 254
A claim that one of the co-owners holds against other co-owners with respect to the property in co-ownership may be exercised against their specific successors..

Article 184
If a thing is possessed through an agent, the principal orders that agent to thenceforward possess that thing on behalf of a third party, and that third party consents thereto, the third party acquires the possessory rights.
Article 344
The creation of a pledge becomes effective through delivery of the subject matter of the pledge to the obligee..

Article 233
(1) If a tree or bamboo branch from neighboring land crosses a boundary line, the landowner may have the owner of that tree or bamboo sever that branch.
(2) If a tree or bamboo root from neighboring land crosses a boundary line, the owner of the land may sever that root..

Article 617
(1) If the parties do not specify the term of a lease, either party may give a notice of termination at any time. In such cases, a lease as set forth in one of the following items terminates when the term prescribed in that item has passed after the day of the notice of termination:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(2) With respect to leases of land with harvest seasons, the notice of termination must be given after the end of that season and before the next start of cultivation..

Article 177
Acquisitions of, losses of and changes in real rights on immovables may not be duly asserted against any third parties, unless the same are registered pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Real Property Registration Act (Act No. 123 of 2004) and other laws regarding registration..

Article 304
(1) A statutory lien may also be exercised against things including monies that the obligor is to receive as a result of the sale, lease or loss of, or damage to, the subject matter of the statutory lien;provided, however, that the holder of the statutory lien must attach the same before the payment or delivery of the monies or other thing.
(2) The provisions of the preceding paragraph also apply to the consideration for real rights created by the obligor on the subject matter of the statutory lien..

Article 295
(1) If a possessor of a thing belonging to another person has a claim that has arisen in relation to that thing, that possessor may retain that thing until that claim is satisfied;provided, however, that this does not apply if the relevant claim has not yet fallen due.
(2) The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if possession commenced by means of a tortious act..

Article 423
(1) An obligee may exercise the right of the obligor (hereinafter referred to as the "subrogor's right") when it is necessary to do so in order to preserve the obligee's own claim; provided, however, that this does not apply to rights which belong exclusively to and are personal to the obligor or rights which are immune from attachment.
(2) The obligee may not exercise the subrogor's right unless and until the obligee's claim becomes due;provided, however, that this does not apply to an act of preservation.
(3) The obligee may not exercise the subrogor's right if the obligee's claim is not enforceable by compulsory execution..

Article 209
(1) An owner of land may request the use of the neighboring land to the extent necessary for constructing or repairing walls or buildings on or in the vicinity of the boundary;provided, however, that the owner may not enter the dwelling house of the neighbor without the approval of the same.
(2) In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the neighbor sustained damage, the neighbor may claim compensation..

Article 200
(1) If a possessor is forcibly dispossessed, the possessor may demand the restitution of the thing and compensation for loss or damage by filing an action for recovery of possession.
(2) An action for recovery of possession may not be filed against a specific successor of a person that forcibly takes possession;provided, however, that this does not apply if that successor had knowledge of the fact that the person has unlawfully taken the possession..

Article 101
(1) If the validity of a manifestation of intention that an agent has made to the other party is to be influenced by the absence of intention; by mistake, fraud, or duress; or by the knowledge of or negligence in not knowing of a particular circumstance; whether or not any such fact was present is decided as it concerns the agent.
(2) If the validity of a manifestation of intention that the other party has made to the agent is to be influenced by the recipient's knowledge of or negligence in not knowing of a particular circumstance, whether or not any such fact was present is decided as it concerns the agent.
(3) If an agent who has been entrusted with performing a specific juridical act performs that act, the principal may not assert that the agent did not know of any particular circumstance of which the principal knew. The same applies to any circumstance of which the principal did not know due to the principal's own negligence..

Article 387
(1) A registered lease may be duly asserted against mortgagees that hold mortgages registered prior to the registration of that lease if all mortgagees that hold those mortgages give their consent and those consents are registered.
(2) For a mortgagee to give the consent referred to in the preceding paragraph, the approval of the persons that hold rights for which the mortgage is the subject matter and other persons that will suffer detriment as a result of the consent of the mortgagee must be obtained..

Article 539-2 If one of the parties to a contract made an agreement with a third party to transfer that party's contractual status to that third party, and the other party to the contract gives consent to the transfer, the contractual status is transferred to the third party.

Article 179
(1) If ownership and another real right on the same thing are acquired by the same person, the other real right is extinguished;provided, however, that this does not apply if that thing or the other real right is the object of the right of a third party.
(2) If a real right other than ownership and another right for which that real right is the object are acquired by the same person, the other right is extinguished.In this case, the provisions of the proviso to the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis.
(3) The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply to possessory rights..

Article 388
If the land and a building on that land belong to the same owner, a mortgage is created with respect to that land or building, and the enforcement of that mortgage causes them to belong to different owners, it is deemed that a superficies has been created with respect to that building.In this case, the rent is fixed by the court at the request of the parties..

Article 504
(1) If there is a person that has legitimate interest in performing an obligation (hereinafter referred to as a "person entitled to subrogation" in this paragraph), and the obligee causes the security thereof to be lost or diminished intentionally or negligently, the person entitled to subrogation is relieved from responsibility to the extent that that person can no longer seek the reimbursement due to the loss or diminution in the security available upon subrogation. If the person entitled to subrogation is a third-party collateral provider, the same applies to a third party that has acquired from the person entitled to subrogation the property that is the subject of security and to the specific successor thereof.
(2) The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if the obligee is found to have reasonable grounds in light of the common sense in the transaction for causing the security to be lost or diminished..

Article 424-7 (1) In an action concerning demand for rescission of fraudulent act, the person specified in each of the following items according to the categories set forth in the respective items stands as a defendant:
(i) an action concerning demand for rescission of fraudulent act against the beneficiary: the beneficiary; or
(ii) an action concerning demand for rescission of fraudulent act against the subsequent acquirer: the subsequent acquirer that is the other party to the demand for rescission of fraudulent act.
(2) If the obligee files an action concerning demand for rescission of fraudulent act, the obligee must give notice of suit to the obligor without delay.

Article 265 A superficiary has the right to use another person's land in order to own structures, or trees or bamboo, on that land.

Article 467
(1) The assignment of a claim (including the assignment of a claim that is yet to arise) may not be duly asserted against the applicable obligor or any other third party, unless the assignor gives notice thereof to the obligor or the obligor has consented to the same.
(2) Notice or consent as referred to in the preceding paragraph may not be duly asserted against a third party other than the obligor unless the notice or the consent is made using an instrument bearing a certified date..

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Question: A person who manifested to third parties that he/she granted certain authority of agency to other person shall be relieved of liability for acts performed within the scope of such authority if the person makes allegations and shows proof that such third parties knew, or were negligent in not knowing, that such other person were not granted the authority of agency.

Article 109
(1) A person who indicates to a third party that the person granted certain authority to represent to another person is liable for an act performed between that other person and that third party within the scope of the authority to represent;provided, however, that this does not apply if the third party knew or did not know due to negligence that the other person has not been granted the authority to represent.
(2) If a person who indicates to a third party that the person granted authority to represent to another person is, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, liable for acts performed by that other person in relation to the third party within the scope of the authority to represent, and the other person performs in relation to the third party an act beyond the scope of the authority to represent, the person who makes the indication is liable for that act only if the third party has reasonable grounds for believing that the other person has authority to represent in that act..

Article 97
(1) A manifestation of intention becomes effective at the time notice thereof reaches the other party.
(2) If the other party prevents notice of a manifestation of intention from reaching them without a legitimate reason, the notice is deemed to have reached that party at the time it would have normally reached them.
(3) The effect of a manifestation of intention is not impaired even if the person making it dies, loses mental capacity, or becomes subject to restrictions on their legal capacity to act after having sent the notice..

Article 117 (1) A person who concludes a contract as an agent of another person is liable to the counterparty for the performance of the contract or compensation for loss or damage, as chosen by the counterparty, unless the person proves the authority to represent or the principal ratifies the contract.
(2) The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply in the following cases:
(i) if the counterparty knew that the person who concluded the contract as an agent of the other person had no authority to represent;
(ii) if the counterparty was negligent in not knowing that the person who concluded the contract as an agent of the other person had no authority to represent; provided, however, that this does not apply if the person who concluded a contract as an agent of the other person knew themselves to have no authority to represent; or
(iii) if the legal capacity to act of the person who concluded the contract as an agent of the other person was subject to restrictions.

Article 449
If a guarantor that guarantees an obligation which may be voidable due to the principal obligor's limited capacity to act, is aware, at the time of entering into a guarantee contract, of the cause for its voidability, that guarantor is presumed to have assumed an independent obligation of the same subject matter in the event of non-performance by the principal obligor or rescission of the obligation..

Article 101
(1) If the validity of a manifestation of intention that an agent has made to the other party is to be influenced by the absence of intention; by mistake, fraud, or duress; or by the knowledge of or negligence in not knowing of a particular circumstance; whether or not any such fact was present is decided as it concerns the agent.
(2) If the validity of a manifestation of intention that the other party has made to the agent is to be influenced by the recipient's knowledge of or negligence in not knowing of a particular circumstance, whether or not any such fact was present is decided as it concerns the agent.
(3) If an agent who has been entrusted with performing a specific juridical act performs that act, the principal may not assert that the agent did not know of any particular circumstance of which the principal knew. The same applies to any circumstance of which the principal did not know due to the principal's own negligence.
Article 96
(1) A manifestation of intention based on fraud or duress is voidable.
(2) If a third party commits a fraud inducing a first party to make a manifestation of intention to a second party, that manifestation of intention is voidable only if the second party knew or could have known that fact.
(3) The rescission of a manifestation of intention induced by fraud under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs may not be duly asserted against a third party in good faith acting without negligence..

Article 424-7 (1) In an action concerning demand for rescission of fraudulent act, the person specified in each of the following items according to the categories set forth in the respective items stands as a defendant:
(i) an action concerning demand for rescission of fraudulent act against the beneficiary: the beneficiary; or
(ii) an action concerning demand for rescission of fraudulent act against the subsequent acquirer: the subsequent acquirer that is the other party to the demand for rescission of fraudulent act.
(2) If the obligee files an action concerning demand for rescission of fraudulent act, the obligee must give notice of suit to the obligor without delay.

Article 120
(1) An act that is voidable on the grounds of the qualified legal capacity to act of the person who did the act may be rescinded only by the person with qualified legal capacity (in the case of an act performed by the person as a legal representative of another person with limited capacity, including that other person with limited capacity), or an agent or successor thereof, or a person who has the authority to give consent thereto.
(2) An act that is voidable on the grounds of a mistake, fraud or duress may be rescinded only by the person who made the defective manifestation of intention, or an agent or successor thereof..

Article 499 A person that has performed the obligation for the benefit of the obligor is subrogated to the claim of the obligee.
Article 500 The provisions of Article 467 apply mutatis mutandis in the case referred to in the preceding Article (unless a person with a legitimate interest in making performance is subrogated to the claim of the obligee).

Article 715
(1) A person that employs another person for a business undertaking is liable to compensate for damage inflicted on a third party by that person's employees with respect to the execution of that business;provided, however, that this does not apply if the employer exercised reasonable care in appointing the employee or in supervising the business, or if the damage could not have been avoided even if the employer had exercised reasonable care.
(2) A person that supervises a business on behalf of the employer also has the liability referred to in the preceding paragraph.
(3) The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not preclude the employer or supervisor from exercising their right to reimbursement against the employee..

Article 537
(1) If one of the parties promises in a contract to render a certain performance to a third party, the third party has the right to claim that performance directly from the obligor.
(2) The validity of the contract referred to in the preceding paragraph is not impaired even if a third party does not exist or a third party is not specified at the time of its formation.
(3) In the case referred to in paragraph (1), rights of the third party accrue when the third party has manifested intention of availing of the benefit of the contract under that paragraph to the obligor..

Article 111
(1) The authority to represent ceases to exist upon:
(i) death of the principal; and
(ii) death of the agent, or being given an order commencing bankruptcy proceeding or a decision for commencement of guardianship against the agent.
(2) The authority to represent by mandate ceases to exist, other than on the grounds set forth in the respective items of the preceding paragraph, upon the termination of the mandate..

Article 467
(1) The assignment of a claim (including the assignment of a claim that is yet to arise) may not be duly asserted against the applicable obligor or any other third party, unless the assignor gives notice thereof to the obligor or the obligor has consented to the same.
(2) Notice or consent as referred to in the preceding paragraph may not be duly asserted against a third party other than the obligor unless the notice or the consent is made using an instrument bearing a certified date..

Article 424
(1) An obligee may demand the court to rescind an act which the obligor commits knowing that it will prejudice the obligee; provided, however, that this does not apply if a person that benefits from that act (hereinafter referred to as the "beneficiary" in this Subsection) does not know, at the time of the act, that the obligee will be prejudiced.
(2) The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to an act with a subject matter other than property rights.
(3) The obligee may make the demand under the provisions of paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as "demand for rescission of fraudulent act") only if the obligee's claim has arisen from a cause that existed before the act prescribed in paragraph (1).
(4) The obligee may not make demand for rescission of fraudulent act if the obligee's claim is not enforceable by compulsory execution..

Article 99
(1) A manifestation of intention that an agent makes indicating that they will be making a manifestation of intention on behalf of the principal within the scope of the agent's authority binds the principal directly.
(2) The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to a manifestation of intention that a third party makes to an agent..

Article 655
The grounds of termination of mandate may not be asserted against the other party unless the other party was notified of or knew of the same.
Article 653
A mandate terminates when:
(i) the mandator or mandatary dies;
(ii) the mandator or mandatary is subject to an order commencing bankruptcy proceeding;
(iii) the mandatary is subject to a decision for the commencement of guardianship..

Article 108
(1) An act that a person performs as an agent of the counterparty or as agent of both parties for the same juridical act is deemed to be an act performed by a person without authority to represent;provided, however, that this does not apply to the performance of an obligation or to an act authorized by the principal in advance.
(2) Beyond what is provided for in the main clause of the preceding paragraph, an act for which the interest of the agent conflicts with the interest of the principal is deemed to be an act performed by a person without authority to represent;provided, however, that this does not apply to an act authorized by the principal in advance..

Article 479
Except as provided in the preceding Article, any performance made to a person other than the person with right to performance is effective only to the extent that the obligee is enriched as a result thereof.
Article 478
Performance made to a person that does not constitute a person authorized to accept the performance (meaning the obligee or a third party authorized to accept performance based on the provisions of laws and regulations or the manifestation of intention of the parties; the same applies hereinafter) but that appears to be the person authorized to accept the performance in light of common sense in the transaction is effective only if the person effecting performance was acting in good faith and without negligence..

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Question: Apparent authority of act exceeding authority shall not arise if the principal was not negligent as to the fact that the counterparty believed that the person who acted as an agent had the authority to perform the act.

Article 110
The provisions of the main clause of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis if an agent performs an act exceeding the agent's authority to represent and a third party has reasonable grounds for believing that the agent has the authority as an agent..

Article 104
An agent appointed by mandate may not appoint a subagent unless the authorization of the principal is obtained or there is a compelling reason to do so..

Article 295
(1) If a possessor of a thing belonging to another person has a claim that has arisen in relation to that thing, that possessor may retain that thing until that claim is satisfied;provided, however, that this does not apply if the relevant claim has not yet fallen due.
(2) The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if possession commenced by means of a tortious act..

Article 114
In the case referred to in the preceding Article, the counterparty may demand, by specifying a reasonable period of time, that the principal give a definite answer on whether or not the principal will ratify within that period of time.In this case, if the principal fails to give a definite answer within that period, the principal is deemed to have refused to ratify..

Article 540 (1) If one of the parties has the right to cancel pursuant to the provisions of the contract or the law, the cancellation is effected by manifestation of intention to the other party.
(2) The manifestation of intention referred to in the preceding paragraph may not be revoked.

Article 111
(1) The authority to represent ceases to exist upon:
(i) death of the principal; and
(ii) death of the agent, or being given an order commencing bankruptcy proceeding or a decision for commencement of guardianship against the agent.
(2) The authority to represent by mandate ceases to exist, other than on the grounds set forth in the respective items of the preceding paragraph, upon the termination of the mandate..

Article 117
(1) A person who concludes a contract as an agent of another person is liable to the counterparty for the performance of the contract or compensation for loss or damage, as chosen by the counterparty, unless the person proves the authority to represent or the principal ratifies the contract.
(2) The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply in the following cases:
(i) if the counterparty knew that the person who concluded the contract as an agent of the other person had no authority to represent;
(ii) if the counterparty was negligent in not knowing that the person who concluded the contract as an agent of the other person had no authority to represent;provided, however, that this does not apply if the person who concluded a contract as an agent of the other person knew themselves to have no authority to represent; or
(iii) if the legal capacity to act of the person who concluded the contract as an agent of the other person was subject to restrictions..

Article 113
(1) A contract concluded by a person who acts as the agent of another person but has no authority to represent does not bind the principal unless the principal ratifies it.
(2) The ratification or refusal to ratify may not be duly asserted against the counterparty unless it is made to that counterparty;provided, however, that this does not apply if the counterparty has come to know the ratification or refusal to ratify.
Article 115
A counterparty may rescind a contract that a person without the authority to represent has concluded until the principal ratifies it;provided, however, that this does not apply if the counterparty knew at the time of the conclusion of the contract that the agent had no authority to represent..

Article 17 (1) At the request of the person referred to in the main clause of Article 15, paragraph (1) or the assistant or assistant's supervisor, the family court may decide that the person under assistance must obtain the consent of the person's assistant in order to perform a specific juridical act; provided, however, that the acts that such a decision may establish as those for which the person must obtain the consent of the assistant are restricted to a part of the acts provided for in Article 13, paragraph (1).
(2) In order to decide as referred to in the preceding paragraph at the request of a person other than the person in question requires the consent of the person in question.
(3) If the assistant does not consent to an act for which the person under assistance must obtain the assistant's consent even though it is unlikely to prejudice the interests of the person under assistance, the family court may grant permission that operates in lieu of the assistant's consent, at the request of the person under assistance.

Article 9
A juridical act performed by an adult ward is voidable;provided, however, that this does not apply to the purchase of daily necessities or to any other act involved in day-to-day life..

Article 424
(1) An obligee may demand the court to rescind an act which the obligor commits knowing that it will prejudice the obligee; provided, however, that this does not apply if a person that benefits from that act (hereinafter referred to as the "beneficiary" in this Subsection) does not know, at the time of the act, that the obligee will be prejudiced.
(2) The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to an act with a subject matter other than property rights.
(3) The obligee may make the demand under the provisions of paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as "demand for rescission of fraudulent act") only if the obligee's claim has arisen from a cause that existed before the act prescribed in paragraph (1).
(4) The obligee may not make demand for rescission of fraudulent act if the obligee's claim is not enforceable by compulsory execution..

Article 526
If an offeror dies, comes to be in a constant state wherein the offeror lacks mental capacity, or becomes subject to restrictions on legal capacity to act after issuing notice of the offer, and the offeror has manifested the intention not to make the offer effective should any of these facts occur, or the other party comes to know that any of these facts has occurred before issuing a notice of acceptance, that offer is not effective..

Article 101
(1) If the validity of a manifestation of intention that an agent has made to the other party is to be influenced by the absence of intention; by mistake, fraud, or duress; or by the knowledge of or negligence in not knowing of a particular circumstance; whether or not any such fact was present is decided as it concerns the agent.
(2) If the validity of a manifestation of intention that the other party has made to the agent is to be influenced by the recipient's knowledge of or negligence in not knowing of a particular circumstance, whether or not any such fact was present is decided as it concerns the agent.
(3) If an agent who has been entrusted with performing a specific juridical act performs that act, the principal may not assert that the agent did not know of any particular circumstance of which the principal knew. The same applies to any circumstance of which the principal did not know due to the principal's own negligence.
Article 99
(1) A manifestation of intention that an agent makes indicating that they will be making a manifestation of intention on behalf of the principal within the scope of the agent's authority binds the principal directly.
(2) The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to a manifestation of intention that a third party makes to an agent.
Article 96
(1) A manifestation of intention based on fraud or duress is voidable.
(2) If a third party commits a fraud inducing a first party to make a manifestation of intention to a second party, that manifestation of intention is voidable only if the second party knew or could have known that fact.
(3) The rescission of a manifestation of intention induced by fraud under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs may not be duly asserted against a third party in good faith acting without negligence..

Article 479
Except as provided in the preceding Article, any performance made to a person other than the person with right to performance is effective only to the extent that the obligee is enriched as a result thereof.
Article 478
Performance made to a person that does not constitute a person authorized to accept the performance (meaning the obligee or a third party authorized to accept performance based on the provisions of laws and regulations or the manifestation of intention of the parties; the same applies hereinafter) but that appears to be the person authorized to accept the performance in light of common sense in the transaction is effective only if the person effecting performance was acting in good faith and without negligence..

Article 489
(1) If the obligor is liable to pay interest and expenses in addition to principal with respect to one or more obligations (if the obligor bears two or more obligations, limited to when the obligor bears these obligations requiring the same kind of payment or delivery to the same obligee), and the person that performs the obligations makes payment or delivery which is not sufficient to extinguish the obligation in its entirety must be appropriated first to expenses, and then to interest and principal, in this order.
(2) The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis in the case referred to in the preceding paragraph in which the person makes payment or delivery which is not sufficient to extinguish any of expenses, interest or principal in whole..

Article 494
(1) In the following cases, a performer may deposit the subject matter of the performance with an official depository for the benefit of the obligee. In such a case, the claim is extinguished when the performer makes the deposit:
(i) the performer tenders the performance, and the obligee refuses to accept it; or
(ii) the obligee is unable to accept the performance.
(2) The preceding paragraph also applies if the performer is unable to ascertain the obligee;provided, however, that this does not apply if the performer is negligent in this respect.
Article 474
(1) A third party may also perform an obligation.
(2) A third party that has no legitimate interest in performing an obligation may not perform the obligation against the will of the obligor;provided, however, that this does not apply if the obligee did not know that the performance is against the will of the obligor.
(3) The third party prescribed in the preceding paragraph may not perform the obligation against the will of the obligee;provided, however, that this does not apply if the third party performs the obligation as requested by the obligor, and the obligee knew this.
(4) The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs do not apply if the nature of an obligation does not permit the performance by a third party or if a party manifests the intention to prohibit or restrict the performance by a third party..

Article 98-2
Any person may not assert a manifestation of intention against the other party thereto if that other party had no mental capacity or was a minor or an adult ward at the time of receiving it;provided, however, that this does not apply after either of the following persons learns of the manifestation of intention:
(i) the legal representative of the other party; or
(ii) the other party, after that other party's mental capacity has been restored or after that other party has become a person with capacity to act..

Article 698
If a manager engages in benevolent intervention in another's business in order to allow a principal to escape imminent danger to the principal's person, reputation, or property, the manager is not liable to compensate for damage resulting from this unless the manager has acted in bad faith or with gross negligence..

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Question: With respect to any inherited property, even if the administrator of the inherited property is appointed, the prescription shall not be completed until the applicable heir is identified.

Article 160
With respect to an estate, the prescription period does not expire until six months have passed from the time when the heir is identified, the administrator is appointed, or commencement of bankruptcy proceeding is ordered..

Article 575
(1) If the subject matter of a sale which has not yet been delivered bears fruits, the fruits vest in the seller.
(2) The buyer bears the obligation to pay interest on the price beginning from the day of delivery;provided, however, that if a due date is provided for the payment of the price, it is not necessary to pay the interest until that due date arrives..

Article 655
The grounds of termination of mandate may not be asserted against the other party unless the other party was notified of or knew of the same.
Article 653
A mandate terminates when:
(i) the mandator or mandatary dies;
(ii) the mandator or mandatary is subject to an order commencing bankruptcy proceeding;
(iii) the mandatary is subject to a decision for the commencement of guardianship..

Article 111
(1) The authority to represent ceases to exist upon:
(i) death of the principal; and
(ii) death of the agent, or being given an order commencing bankruptcy proceeding or a decision for commencement of guardianship against the agent.
(2) The authority to represent by mandate ceases to exist, other than on the grounds set forth in the respective items of the preceding paragraph, upon the termination of the mandate..

Article 337
In order to preserve the effectiveness of statutory liens for preservation of immovables, registration must be carried out immediately after the completion of the act of preservation..

Article 593
A loan for use becomes effective if one of the parties promises to deliver a certain thing, and the other party promises to return the thing when the contract is terminated after the other party gratuitously uses and makes profit of the borrowed thing.
Article 400
If the subject matter of a claim is the delivery of a specific thing, the obligor must retain the thing with the due care of a prudent manager, which is determined in light of the contract or other sources of claims and the common sense in the transaction, until the delivery..

Article 495
(1) The deposit under the provisions of the preceding Article must be made with the official depository having jurisdiction over the place where the relevant obligation is performed.
(2) If there is no specific provision in laws and regulations with respect to the official depository, the court, at the request of the performer, must designate the depository and appoint a custodian of the thing to be deposited.
(3) A person that has effected a deposit pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article must notify the obligee of the deposit without delay..

Article 169
(1) The period of prescription of a right determined by a final and binding judgment or anything that has the same effect as a final and binding judgment is 10 years even if a period of prescription shorter than 10 years is provided for.
(2) The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to a claim which is not yet due and payable at the time when it is determined..

Article 300
The exercise of a right of retention does not preclude the running of extinctive prescription of claims..

Article 181
Possessory rights may be acquired through an agent.
Article 200
(1) If a possessor is forcibly dispossessed, the possessor may demand the restitution of the thing and compensation for loss or damage by filing an action for recovery of possession.
(2) An action for recovery of possession may not be filed against a specific successor of a person that forcibly takes possession;provided, however, that this does not apply if that successor had knowledge of the fact that the person has unlawfully taken the possession..

Article 614
Rent must be paid at the end of the month with respect to movables, buildings and land for residential purpose, and at the end of the year with respect to other land;provided, however, that with respect to anything with a harvest season, the rent must be paid without delay after that season..

Article 457
(1) The postponement of expiry of prescription period and the renewal of prescription period due to grounds such as a request for performance in relation to the principal obligor are also effective in relation to the guarantor.
(2) A guarantor may assert against the obligee a defense that can be raised by the principal obligor.
(3) If the principal obligor has a right to set-off, right to rescind or right to cancel against the obligee, the guarantor may refuse to perform the obligation to the obligee to the extent that the principal obligor should have been released from the obligation by exercising these rights..

Article 292
If dominant land is co-owned by more than one person, and expiry of prescription period is postponed or prescription period is renewed in favor of one co-owner, the postponement of expiry of prescription period or the renewal of prescription period is also effective for the benefit of other co-owners..

Article 300
The exercise of a right of retention does not preclude the running of extinctive prescription of claims.
Article 350
The provisions of Articles 296 through 300 and those of Article 304
apply mutatis mutandis to pledges..

Article 302
A right of retention is extinguished if the holder of the right of retention loses possession of the thing retained;provided, however, that this does not apply if the thing retained is leased or it is made the subject of a pledge pursuant to the provisions of Article 298, paragraph (2)..

Article 284
(1) If one of the co-owners of land acquires a servitude by prescription, the other co-owners also acquire the same servitude.
(2) Renewal of prescription period does not become effective against co-owners unless it is made against each co-owner that exercises the servitude.
(3) If there are two or more co-owners that exercise a servitude, even if there is any ground for postponement of expiry of prescription period with respect to one of them, the prescription runs in favor of each co-owner..

Article 201
(1) An action for maintenance of possession must be filed during the obstruction or within one year after the obstruction stops;provided, however, that if the possessed thing has been damaged due to construction work and either one year has passed from the time when the construction was started or the construction has been completed, the action may not be filed.
(2) An action for preservation of possession may be filed so long as the danger of obstruction exists.In this case, the provisions of the proviso to the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis if the possessed thing is likely to be damaged by the construction work.
(3) An action for recovery of possession must be filed within one year from the time when a possessor was forcibly dispossessed..

Article 617
(1) If the parties do not specify the term of a lease, either party may give a notice of termination at any time. In such cases, a lease as set forth in one of the following items terminates when the term prescribed in that item has passed after the day of the notice of termination:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(2) With respect to leases of land with harvest seasons, the notice of termination must be given after the end of that season and before the next start of cultivation..

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Question: If the principal obligor waives the benefit of the prescription with respect to his/her obligation, the waiver shall also be effective vis-a-vis the guarantor.

Article 457
(1) The postponement of expiry of prescription period and the renewal of prescription period due to grounds such as a request for performance in relation to the principal obligor are also effective in relation to the guarantor.
(2) A guarantor may assert against the obligee a defense that can be raised by the principal obligor.
(3) If the principal obligor has a right to set-off, right to rescind or right to cancel against the obligee, the guarantor may refuse to perform the obligation to the obligee to the extent that the principal obligor should have been released from the obligation by exercising these rights.
Article 147
(1) If any of the following grounds exists, the period of prescription does not expire until the ground ceases to exist (if the ground ceases to exist while the right remains undetermined by a final and binding judgment or anything that has the same effect as a final and binding judgment, until six months have passed from the time of cessation):
(i) demand by litigation;
(ii) demand for payment;
(iii) settlement referred to in Article 275, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure or mediation under the Civil Conciliation Act (Act No. 222 of 1951) or the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (Act No. 52 of 2011); or
(iv) participation in bankruptcy proceeding, rehabilitation proceeding or reorganization proceeding.
(2) In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if a right is determined by a final and binding judgment or anything that has the same effect as a final and binding judgment, a new period of prescription commences to run at the time when the grounds set forth in the items of that paragraph cease to exist;.

Article 437
Even if there are grounds for the invalidity or rescission of a juridical act with respect to one of the joint and several obligors, the validity of the obligation of other joint and several obligor is not impaired..

Article 514
(1) A novation by substitution of obligor may be effected by a contract concluded between the obligee and a person that becomes the obligor after the novation. In such a case, the novation becomes effective when the obligee notifies the obligor prior to the novation of the conclusion of the contract.
(2) The obligor after the novation by substitution of obligor does not acquire a right to reimbursement from the obligor prior to the novation..

Article 482
If a person that has right to perform an obligation (hereinafter referred to as a "performer") concludes a contract with the obligee to the effect that the person is to have the obligation extinguished by making, in lieu of the payment or delivery to be performed by the obligor, another type of payment or delivery, and the performer makes that other type of payment or delivery, the payment or delivery thus made has the same effect as that of the performance of the obligation..

Article 653 A mandate terminates when:
(i) the mandator or mandatary dies;
(ii) the mandator or mandatary is subject to an order commencing bankruptcy proceeding;
(iii) the mandatary is subject to a decision for the commencement of guardianship.
Article 655 The grounds of termination of mandate may not be asserted against the other party unless the other party was notified of or knew of the same.

Article 596
The provisions of Article 551
apply mutatis mutandis to loans for use.
Article 551
(1) The donor is presumed to have promised to deliver or transfer the thing or right that is the subject matter of the gift, while maintaining its condition as of the time when it is specified as the subject matter of the gift.
(2) With respect to gifts with burden, the donor provides the same warranty as that of a seller, to the extent of that burden.
Article 415
(1) If an obligor fails to perform consistent with the purpose of the obligation or the performance of an obligation is impossible, the obligee may claim compensation for loss or damage arising from the failure;provided, however, that this does not apply if the failure to perform the obligation is due to grounds not attributable to the obligor in light of the contract or other sources of obligation and the common sense in the transaction.
(2) If the obligee is entitled to claim compensation for loss or damage pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and any of the following cases applies, the obligee may claim compensation for loss or damage in lieu of the performance of the obligation:
(i) the performance of the obligation is impossible;
(ii) the obligor manifests the intention to refuse to perform the obligation; or
(iii) the obligation has arisen from a contract, and the contract is cancelled or the obligee acquires the right to cancel the contract on the ground of the obligor's failure to perform the obligation..

Article 508
If a claim extinguished by prescription was eligible for set-off prior to its extinguishment, the obligee may use that claim for the set-off..

Article 117 (1) A person who concludes a contract as an agent of another person is liable to the counterparty for the performance of the contract or compensation for loss or damage, as chosen by the counterparty, unless the person proves the authority to represent or the principal ratifies the contract.

Article 513
If the parties conclude a contract which gives rise to a new obligation that falls under any of the following as a replacement of the previous obligation, the previous obligation is extinguished by novation:
(i) an obligation that makes a material change to the content of the performance of the previous obligation;
(ii) an obligation for which the previous obligor is substituted by a third party; or
(iii) an obligation for which the previous obligee is substituted by a third party..

Article 489
(1) If the obligor is liable to pay interest and expenses in addition to principal with respect to one or more obligations (if the obligor bears two or more obligations, limited to when the obligor bears these obligations requiring the same kind of payment or delivery to the same obligee), and the person that performs the obligations makes payment or delivery which is not sufficient to extinguish the obligation in its entirety must be appropriated first to expenses, and then to interest and principal, in this order.
(2) The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis in the case referred to in the preceding paragraph in which the person makes payment or delivery which is not sufficient to extinguish any of expenses, interest or principal in whole..

Article 423
(1) An obligee may exercise the right of the obligor (hereinafter referred to as the "subrogor's right") when it is necessary to do so in order to preserve the obligee's own claim; provided, however, that this does not apply to rights which belong exclusively to and are personal to the obligor or rights which are immune from attachment.
(2) The obligee may not exercise the subrogor's right unless and until the obligee's claim becomes due;provided, however, that this does not apply to an act of preservation.
(3) The obligee may not exercise the subrogor's right if the obligee's claim is not enforceable by compulsory execution..

Article 545
(1) If one of the parties exercises the right to cancel, each party assumes an obligation to restore the other party to that other party's original state;provided, however, that this may not prejudice the rights of a third party.
(2) In the case referred to in the main clause of the preceding paragraph, if any monies are to be refunded, interest must accrue from the time of the receipt of those monies.
(3) In the case referred to in the main clause of paragraph (1), if a thing other than money is to be returned, fruits that have accrued on or after the time of the receipt of the thing must also be returned.
(4) The exercise of the right to cancel does not preclude claims for compensation for loss or damage..

Article 396 No mortgage is extinguished by prescription in relation to obligors and mortgagors unless it is extinguished simultaneously with the claim the mortgage secures.

Article 459
(1) If a guarantor gives guarantee as requested by the principal obligor, and performs the obligation on behalf of the principal obligor or performs any other act that causes the obligation to be extinguished in exchange for the guarantor's own property (hereinafter referred to as an "act for extinguishment of obligation"), the guarantor has a right to reimbursement from the principal obligor for the amount of property expended for that act (if the amount of property exceeds the amount of the principal obligation extinguished by the act for extinguishment of obligation, the amount thus extinguished).
(2) The provisions of Article 442, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the cases set forth in the preceding paragraph..

Article 447
(1) The guarantee obligation includes interest, penalty and compensation for loss or damage in connection with the principal obligation, and all other charges secondary to that obligation.
(2) A guarantor may stipulate the amount of penalty or compensation for loss or damage with regard to the guarantor's own guarantee obligation only..

Article 449
If a guarantor that guarantees an obligation which may be voidable due to the principal obligor's limited capacity to act, is aware, at the time of entering into a guarantee contract, of the cause for its voidability, that guarantor is presumed to have assumed an independent obligation of the same subject matter in the event of non-performance by the principal obligor or rescission of the obligation..

Article 474
(1) A third party may also perform an obligation.
(2) A third party that has no legitimate interest in performing an obligation may not perform the obligation against the will of the obligor;provided, however, that this does not apply if the obligee did not know that the performance is against the will of the obligor.
(3) The third party prescribed in the preceding paragraph may not perform the obligation against the will of the obligee;provided, however, that this does not apply if the third party performs the obligation as requested by the obligor, and the obligee knew this.
(4) The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs do not apply if the nature of an obligation does not permit the performance by a third party or if a party manifests the intention to prohibit or restrict the performance by a third party..

Article 441
Except in cases prescribed in Articles 438, Article 439, paragraph (1), and the preceding Article, any circumstances which have arisen with respect to one of the joint and several obligors is not effective in relation to other joint and several obligors;provided, however, that if the obligee and one of the other joint and several obligors manifest a different intention, their intention prevails with respect to the effect in relation to the remaining other joint and several obligees..

Article 293
If a servitude holder does not exercise a portion of that holder's rights, only that portion is extinguished by prescription..

Article 702
(1) If a manager has incurred beneficial expenses for a principal, the manager may claim reimbursement of those costs from the principal.
(2) The provisions of Article 650, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis if a manager has incurred beneficial obligations on behalf of the principal.
(3) If a manager has engaged in the benevolent intervention in another's business against the will of the principal, the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis, solely to the extent currently enriched..

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Question: In the case where A and B co-own the land "X", if A renounces his/her share, A's share shall vest in B.

Article 255
If one of co-owners waives interest or dies without an heir, the-waived interest belongs to the other co-owners..

Article 186
(1) A possessor is presumed to possess a thing with the intention to own, in good faith peacefully and openly.
(2) If there is evidence of possession at two different points in time, it is presumed that possession continued during that interval.
Article 188
The possessor is presumed to lawfully have the rights that a possessor exercises with respect to the thing under possession.
Article 192
A person that commences the possession of movables peacefully and openly by a transactional act acquires the rights that are exercised with respect to the movables immediately if the person possesses it in good faith and without negligence..

Article 244
If the distinction of principal and accessory cannot be made between the movables united by accession, the owner of each movable property co-owns the composite thing in proportion to the respective price current at the time of the accession.
Article 247
(1) If the ownership of a thing is extinguished pursuant to the provisions of Article 242
through the preceding Article, other rights existing on that thing are also extinguished.
(2) In the cases prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if the owner of a thing has become the sole owner of the thing formed by accession or appurtenance, mixture or processing (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as "composite thing"), other rights existing on that thing thereafter exist on the composite thing, and if the owner of the thing becomes a co-owner of the composite thing, other rights existing on that thing thereafter exist on that owner's interest in the same.
Article 369
(1) A mortgagee has the right to have the mortgagee's claim satisfied prior to other obligees out of the immovables that the obligor or a third party provided to secure the obligation without transferring possession.
(2) Superficies and farming rights may be the subject matter of a mortgage.In this case, the provisions of this Chapter apply mutatis mutandis..

Article 679
Beyond the cases referred to in the preceding Article, partners withdraw on the following grounds:
(i) the partner dies;
(ii) the partner is subject to an order commencing bankruptcy proceeding;
(iii) the partner is subject to a decision for the commencement of guardianship;
(iv) the partner has been expelled.
Article 681
(1) Accounts as between the withdrawing partner and other partners must be settled according to the status of the partnership property as at the time of the withdrawal.
(2) The interest of the withdrawing partner may be refunded in money, regardless of the kind of the withdrawing partner's contribution.
(3) With respect to any matter not yet completed at the time of the withdrawal, accounts may be made up subsequent to the completion of that matter..

Article 292
If dominant land is co-owned by more than one person, and expiry of prescription period is postponed or prescription period is renewed in favor of one co-owner, the postponement of expiry of prescription period or the renewal of prescription period is also effective for the benefit of other co-owners..

Article 254 A claim that one of the co-owners holds against other co-owners with respect to the property in co-ownership may be exercised against their specific successors.

Article 182
(1) The transfer of possessory rights is effected by the delivery of the thing possessed.
(2) If a transferee or the agent of a transferee is actually holding the thing under possession, the transfer of possessory rights may be effected by the parties' manifestations of intention alone..

Article 536
(1) If the performance of an obligation becomes impossible due to grounds not attributable to either party, the obligee may refuse to perform counter-performance.
(2) If the performance of an obligation becomes impossible due to grounds attributable to the obligee, the obligee may not refuse to complete counter-performance. In such a case, if the obligor benefits from being released from that obligation, the obligor must reimburse the obligee for the benefit..

Article 670
(1) The partnership business is decided by the majority of the partners and executed by each partner.
(2) The decision and execution of the partnership business may be delegated to one or more partners or a third party, pursuant to the provisions of the partnership contract.
(3) The person delegated as referred to in the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "person who executes business") decides and executes the partnership business. In such a case, if there are two or more persons who execute business, the partnership business is decided by the majority of these persons who execute business and is executed by each of them.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the partnership business is not precluded to be decided based on the consent of all partners or executed by all partners.
(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraphs, the ordinary business of a partnership may be performed by each partner or each person who executes business independently;provided, however, that this does not apply if other partners or persons who execute business raise objections prior to the completion of the business..

Article 225
(1) If two buildings are owned by different owners and there is an open lot between them, each owner may install a fence on the boundary, sharing the expenses with the other owner.
(2) If no agreement is reached between the parties, the fence referred to in the preceding paragraph must be a wooden fence, a bamboo fence or a fence made of similar material and must be two meters high..

Article 302
A right of retention is extinguished if the holder of the right of retention loses possession of the thing retained;provided, however, that this does not apply if the thing retained is leased or it is made the subject of a pledge pursuant to the provisions of Article 298, paragraph (2)..

Article 555
A sale becomes effective when one of the parties promises to transfer certain property rights to the other party and the other party promises to pay the price for this..

Article 295
(1) If a possessor of a thing belonging to another person has a claim that has arisen in relation to that thing, that possessor may retain that thing until that claim is satisfied;provided, however, that this does not apply if the relevant claim has not yet fallen due.
(2) The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if possession commenced by means of a tortious act.
Article 533
A party to a bilateral contract may refuse to perform that party's own obligation until the other party tenders the performance of that other party's obligation (including the performance of an obligation to compensate for loss or damage in lieu of the performance of an obligation);provided, however, that this does not apply if the obligation of the other party is not yet due..

Article 175
No real right may be established other than those prescribed by laws including this Code.
Article 265
A superficiary has the right to use another person's land in order to own structures, or trees or bamboo, on that land.
Article 270
A farming right holder has the right to pay rent and engage in cultivation or livestock farming on another person's land.
Article 280
A servitude holder has the right to use another person's land for the convenience of their own lands in accordance with purposes prescribed in the act establishing the servitude;provided, however, that this right must not violate the provisions (limited to those that relate to public policy) under Section 1 of Chapter 3 (Extent of Ownership)..

Article 439 (1) If one of the joint and several obligors has a claim against the obligee and invokes a set-off, the claim is extinguished for the benefit of all joint and several obligors.
(2) Until the joint and several obligor that has the claim referred to in the preceding paragraph invokes a set-off, other joint and several obligors may refuse to perform the obligation to the obligee only to the extent of that joint and several obligor's share of the obligation.

Article 244
If the distinction of principal and accessory cannot be made between the movables united by accession, the owner of each movable property co-owns the composite thing in proportion to the respective price current at the time of the accession..

Article 388
If the land and a building on that land belong to the same owner, a mortgage is created with respect to that land or building, and the enforcement of that mortgage causes them to belong to different owners, it is deemed that a superficies has been created with respect to that building.In this case, the rent is fixed by the court at the request of the parties..

Article 561
If the subject matter of a sale is another person's right (including a part of a right that belongs to another person), the seller bears an obligation to acquire the right and transfer it to the buyer..

Article 424 (1) An obligee may demand the court to rescind an act which the obligor commits knowing that it will prejudice the obligee; provided, however, that this does not apply if a person that benefits from that act (hereinafter referred to as the "beneficiary" in this Subsection) does not know, at the time of the act, that the obligee will be prejudiced.

Article 295
(1) If a possessor of a thing belonging to another person has a claim that has arisen in relation to that thing, that possessor may retain that thing until that claim is satisfied;provided, however, that this does not apply if the relevant claim has not yet fallen due.
(2) The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if possession commenced by means of a tortious act..

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Question: If two buildings are owned by different owners and there is an open lot between them, each owner may install a fence on the boundary, sharing the expenses with the other owner.

Article 225
(1) If two buildings are owned by different owners and there is an open lot between them, each owner may install a fence on the boundary, sharing the expenses with the other owner.
(2) If no agreement is reached between the parties, the fence referred to in the preceding paragraph must be a wooden fence, a bamboo fence or a fence made of similar material and must be two meters high..

Article 269-2 (1) An underground space or airspace may be established as the subject matter of superficies for ownership of structures, through the specification of upper and lower extents. In such a case, restrictions on the use of that land may be added in the act that establishes superficies for the purpose of facilitating the exercise of the superficies.

Article 330
(1) If there are competing special statutory liens against the same movables, the order of priority follows the order set forth below.In this case, if there are two or more preservers with respect to the statutory liens for preservation of movables set forth in item (ii), a new preserver has priority over previous preservers:
(i) statutory liens for leases of immovables, lodging at hotels and transportation;
(ii) statutory liens for the preservation of movables; and
(iii) statutory liens for the sale of movables, the supply of seeds and seedlings or fertilizer, agricultural labor and industrial labor.
(2) In the cases referred to in the preceding paragraph, if a holder of a statutory lien ranked first knew at the time of acquiring the relevant claim of the existence of a holder of a statutory lien of the second or third rank, that holder may not exercise the relevant rights of priority against those persons. The same applies to the exercise against persons that have preserved things on behalf of the holder of a statutory lien of the first rank.
(3) Regarding fruits, the first rank belongs to persons who engage in agricultural labor, the second rank belongs to persons that supply seeds and seedlings or fertilizer, and the third rank belongs to lessors of land..

Article 298
(1) The holder of a right of retention must possess the thing retained with the due care of a prudent manager.
(2) The holder of the right of retention may not use, lease or provide as a security the thing retained unless that holder obtains the consent of the obligor;provided, however, that this does not apply to uses necessary for the preservation of that thing.
(3) If the holder of a right of retention violates the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the obligor may demand that the right of retention be terminated..

Article 181
Possessory rights may be acquired through an agent.
Article 200
(1) If a possessor is forcibly dispossessed, the possessor may demand the restitution of the thing and compensation for loss or damage by filing an action for recovery of possession.
(2) An action for recovery of possession may not be filed against a specific successor of a person that forcibly takes possession;provided, however, that this does not apply if that successor had knowledge of the fact that the person has unlawfully taken the possession..

Article 209
(1) An owner of land may request the use of the neighboring land to the extent necessary for constructing or repairing walls or buildings on or in the vicinity of the boundary;provided, however, that the owner may not enter the dwelling house of the neighbor without the approval of the same.
(2) In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the neighbor sustained damage, the neighbor may claim compensation..

Article 268 (1) If the duration of superficies is not fixed by the act that established the same and there are no relevant customs, the superficiary may waive that right at any time; provided, however, that if rent must be paid, the superficiary must give notice one year or more in advance or pay rent for one year that has not yet become due and payable.

Article 242
The owner of immovables acquires ownership of a thing that has been attached thereto as its appurtenance;provided, however, that the rights of the other person that attached that thing by virtue of a title are not prejudiced..

Article 87
(1) If the owner of a first thing attaches a second thing that the owner owns to the first thing to serve the ordinary use of the first thing, the thing that the owner attaches is an appurtenance.
(2) An appurtenance is disposed of together with the principal thing if the principal thing is disposed of..

Article 617
(1) If the parties do not specify the term of a lease, either party may give a notice of termination at any time. In such cases, a lease as set forth in one of the following items terminates when the term prescribed in that item has passed after the day of the notice of termination:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(2) With respect to leases of land with harvest seasons, the notice of termination must be given after the end of that season and before the next start of cultivation.
Article 591
(1) If the parties do not define the time for return of borrowed things, the lender may demand their return, specifying a reasonable period of time.
(2) The borrower may return the borrowed thing at any time, irrespective of whether the parties have defined the time of return of the thing.
(3) If the parties defined the time of return of the borrowed thing, and the lender sustains any damage because the borrower returns the thing prior to the time of return, the lender may claim compensation therefor from the borrower..

Article 608
(1) If a lessee has defrayed necessary expenses with respect to the leased thing which ought to be borne by the lessor, the lessee may immediately demand the reimbursement of the same from the lessor.
(2) If the lessee has incurred beneficial expenses with respect to the leased thing, the lessor must reimburse those expenses on termination of the lease in compliance with the provisions of Article 196, paragraph (2);provided, however, that the court may, at the lessor's request, grant a reasonable period of time for the reimbursement of the same..

Article 378
If a third party that purchases the ownership or superficies of a mortgaged immovables pays the price of the same to a mortgagee at the request of the same mortgagee, that mortgage is terminated for the benefit of that third party..

Article 196
(1) If a possessor returns a thing in the possession thereof, the possessor may have the person recovering the thing reimburse the possessor for the costs the possessor has paid for its preservation and other necessary expenses;provided, however, that if the possessor has acquired fruits, ordinary and necessary expenses are borne by the possessor.
(2) With respect to the costs paid for by a possessor to improve the thing in the possession thereof and other beneficial expenses, the possessor may have the person recovering the thing reimburse the possessor for either the costs the possessor has paid or the amount of the increased value, whichever the person recovering the thing chooses, but only if there is a current increase in value;provided, however, that with regard to a possessor in bad faith, the court may, at the request of the person recovering the thing, grant a reasonable period of time for the same..

Article 395
(1) A person that uses or profits from a building subject to a mortgage by virtue of a lease that cannot be duly asserted against the mortgagee, and that is set forth as follows (in the following paragraph referred to as "mortgaged building user") is not required to deliver that building to the purchaser thereof until six months have passed from the time when the purchaser purchased that building at auction:
(i) a person that has been using or profiting from the building since prior to the commencement of auction procedures; or
(ii) a person that is using or profiting from the building by virtue of a lease given after the commencement of auction procedures by the administrator of compulsory administration or execution against earnings from immovable collateral.
(2) The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if the purchaser, specifying a reasonable period of time, issues a notice to the mortgaged building user demanding payment of consideration for a period of one month or more with respect to the use of the building referred to in that paragraph that has been made after the time of purchase by the purchaser, and no payment is made within that reasonable period of time..

Article 389
(1) If a building is constructed on a mortgaged land after the creation of a mortgage, the mortgagee may auction the building together with the land;provided, however, that the right of priority of that mortgagee may be exercised solely against the proceeds of the land.
(2) The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if the owner of that building has rights with respect to the possession of the mortgaged land that may be duly asserted against the mortgagee..

Article 306
A person that has a claim arising from the causes set forth below has a statutory lien over the entire assets of the obligor:
(i) expenses for the common benefit;
(ii) an employer-employee relationship;
(iii) funeral expenses; or
(iv) the supply of daily necessaries.
Article 308
Statutory liens for employer-employee relationships exist with respect to salaries and other claims that arise from the employer-employee relationship between the obligor and the employee..

Article 649
If costs will be incurred in administering the mandated business, the mandator must, at the request of the mandatary, pay an advance for those costs..

Article 717
(1) If a defect in the installation or preservation of a structure on land causes damage to another person, the possessor of that structure is liable to the person incurring damage to compensate for the damage;provided, however, that if the possessor has exercised the necessary care to prevent the damage, the owner must compensate for the damage.
(2) The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis if there is a defect in the planting or supporting of bamboo or trees.
(3) In the cases referred to in the preceding two paragraphs, if there is another person that is liable for the cause of the damage, the possessor or owner may exercise their right to reimbursement against that person..

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