German Civil Code (BGB) German law Division 5 Limitation Title 1 Subject-matter and duration of limitation Section 194 Subject-matter of limitation (1) The right to demand that another person does or refrains from an act (claim) is subject to limitation.…
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Division 4. Periods of time and fixed dates
German Civil Code (BGB) German law Division 4 Periods of time and fixed dates Section 186 Scope of applicability The interpretation provisions of sections 187 to 193 apply to the fixing of periods of time and dates contained in statutes,…
Title 5. Agency and authority
German Civil Code (BGB) German law Title 5 Agency and authority Section 164 Effect of a declaration made by the agent (1) A declaration of intent which a person makes within the scope of his own power of agency in…
Title 4. Conditions and specification of time
German Civil Code (BGB) German law Title 4 Conditions and specification of time Section 158 Conditions precedent and subsequent (1) If a legal transaction is entered into subject to a condition precedent, the legal transaction that is subject to the…
Title 3. Contract
German Civil Code (BGB) German law Title 3 Contract Section 145 Binding effect of an offer Any person who offers to another to enter into a contract is bound by the offer, unless he has excluded being bound by it.…
Title 1. Capacity to contract
German Civil Code (BGB) German law Division 3 Legal transactions Title 1 Capacity to contract Section 104 Incapacity to contract A person is incapable of contracting if 1. he is not yet seven years old, 2. he is in a…
Subtitle 2. Foundations
German Civil Code (BGB) German law Subtitle 2 Foundations Section 80 Formation of a foundation having legal personality (1) The creation of a foundation with legal personality requires an endowment transaction and recognition of the foundation by the competent public…
Chapter 2. Registered associations
German Civil Code (BGB) German law Chapter 2 Registered associations Section 55 Jurisdiction over entry in the register The entry of an association of the kind specified in section 21 above in the register of associations must be made at…
Chapter 1. General provisions
German Civil Code (BGB) German law Title 2 Legal persons Subtitle 1 Associations Chapter 1 General provisions Section 21 Non-commercial association An association whose object is not commercial business operations acquires legal personality by entry in the register of associations…
Title 1. Natural persons, consumers, entrepreneurs
German Civil Code (BGB) German law Book 1 General Part Division 1 Persons Title 1 Natural persons, consumers, entrepreneurs Section 1 Beginning of legal capacity The legal capacity of a human being begins on the completion of birth. Section 2…