{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:1620","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Seizure","number":"1620","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1620/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK V - OBLIGATIONS","title":"TITLE II - NON-CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS","chapter":"Chapter 1. - Extra-Contractual Liability","section":"Section 1. - Liability Based On Fault.","paragraph":"Paragraph 2. - Special Cases"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"A person commits a fault where, in order to secure payment of a debt due to him, he unnecessarily seizes goods held by his debtor to an extent disproportionate to the amount of the debt.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1620/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":456,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/456/?article=1620&paragraph=lead#article-1620-lead"}]}],"caution":"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."}