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Chapter 9. - Extinction of Obligations

Art. 1514Causes of Extinction
Art. 1515Force Majeure
Art. 1516Cases of Force Majeure
Art. 1517Absence of Force Majeure
Art. 1518Principle
Art. 1519Principle
Art. 1520Negative Conditions
Art. 1521Period of Grace
Art. 1522Imputation of Payments
Art. 1523Effect
Art. 1524Rights of Third Persons
Art. 1525Only when Raised
Art. 1526Waiving of the Right to Set-Off
Art. 1527Contractual Set-Off
Art. 1528Set-off by the Court
Art. 1529One’s Own Right to Set-Off
Art. 1530No Prescription
Art. 1531Notice of Termination
Art. 1532Suspension by the Surety
Art. 1533Current Account
Art. 1534Document in Proof
Art. 1535Principle
Art. 1536End of Merger
Art. 1537Prescription Period
Art. 1538Performance of a Contractual Obligation
Art. 1539Amounts Payable Periodically
Art. 1540Undue Payment
Art. 1541Compensation for Injury
Art. 1542Termination of a Contract
Art. 1543Prescription of Principal Obligation
Art. 1544Beginning of Period
Art. 1545Termination of an Unlawful Situation
Art. 1546Stolen Cultural Objects
Art. 1547Petitio Haereditatis
Art. 1548Interruption
Art. 1549Written Warning
Art. 1550Acknowledgment of a Right
Art. 1551New Prescription Period
Art. 1552Extension
Art. 1553Cause for Extension
Art. 1554No Application Ex Officio
Art. 1555Pledge and Hypothec
Art. 1556Execution of a Judicial or Arbitral Decision
Art. 1557Application Mutatis mutandis
Art. 1558Areas of Law Other Than Patrimonial Law

Civil Code · English · 2015

Article 1537

Prescription Period

Unless otherwise provided for by law, rights of action are prescribed by twenty years.

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This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur.

Source title: Civil Code of the State of Eritrea
Edition: 2015
Issuing body: Ministry of Justice, State of Eritrea
Repository: FAOLEX
Language: English
Source pages: 433

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