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Chapter 2. - Unjust Enrichment

Art. 1700General Principle
Art. 1701Loss of Enrichment
Art. 1702Undue Payment
Art. 1703Absence of Mistake
Art. 1704Sufficient Cause
Art. 1705No Restitution
Art. 1706Legal Incapacity
Art. 1707Absence of Transfer of a Thing
Art. 1708Scope of this Section
Art. 1709Necessary Expenses
Art. 1710Maintenance
Art. 1711Value Added to the Thing
Art. 1712Bad Faith
Art. 1713Jus Tollendi
Art. 1714Right of Retention
Art. 1715Deterioration
Art. 1716Loss of the Thing
Art. 1717Extent of Indemnity
Art. 1718Increments

Civil Code · English · 2015

Article 1703

Absence of Mistake

Restitution is not admitted where a person cognizant of the facts pays voluntarily what he knew he did not owe.

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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: 479

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